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Amongst all the modern buildings in Coventry is this survivor from the 16th century. Damaged in an air raid in 1940, later restored in 1953.

<a href="http://www.historiccoventry.co.uk/tour/fords.php" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Ford's Hospital</a>. It was named after William Ford.


Grade I listed building.

<a href="http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-218487-ford-s-hospital-" rel="noreferrer nofollow">Ford's Hospital, Coventry</a> 

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   5105 GREYFRIARS LANE
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   Ford's Hospital
   SP 3378 NW 10/27 5.2.55.

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   Early C16. Also known as Greyfriar's Hospital. Endowed 1509 by will of William
   Ford. Additional endowment 1517 by William Pisford. Date 1529 on wall refers to
   appointment of feofees and possibly to additional building between courtyard and
   garden.
   Timber frame with 1st floor oversailing. Badly damaged in air raid of November
   1940 but rebuilt with original timbers 1951-3; altered by additional windows and
   stone walling to street.
   Much carving to timber framework, including miniature buttresses to close studding
   with bases and pinnacles. 4 centred arched doorways with carved spandrels. Oak
   seats in courtyard corners. Rainwater heads 1784. VCH, VIII, pp.136-7.



   Listing NGR: SP3339978822


This text is a legacy record and has not been updated since the building was originally listed. Details of the building may have changed in the intervening time. You should not rely on this listing as an accurate description of the building.

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Author Elliott Brown from Birmingham, United Kingdom
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