16 Spon Street wood plaque

This wood commemorative plaque records: This building previously 142-3 on the north side of Spon Street beyond the Ringway, was built about 1700. It had a rear range of two gables of which one had been rebuilt. The original staircases had gone, as also ahd most of the front wall-frame. The building illustrates the end of the timber-frame tradition in Coventry and the transition to brick. Dismantling commenced in February 1971 and re-erection was completed in March 1975 by the Coventry City Council with the aid of gifts. Recorded plaque organisation: Coventry City Council.

This building, originally constructed around 1700 on Spon Street in Coventry, exemplifies the transition from timber-frame to brick construction methods. Its dismantling and subsequent re-erection between 1971 and 1975 by Coventry City Council highlight efforts to preserve architectural history.