The Definitive Guide to the History of
Pubs and Beerhouses in Coventry

Drinking in an Old English Town

Bayley Lane Kitchen, 24 Bayley Lane

These premises have been known by different names during their history:	FROM	TO	NAME
		2010	NEWTZ
	1993		NEWT AND CUCUMBER
	2010	2013	BAYLEY'S
	2015	present	BAYLEY LANE KITCHEN
Originally the site of St. Michael's Baptist Church, otherwise known as Hay Lane Baptist Church. It was destroyed in the blitz of 1940 and afterwards the cellars were filled with water and used as a temporary static water tank. This temporary measure lasted for 50 years. In 1990, whilst the lead-lined concrete base of the tank was being channelled for services and drains at over 3 metres below the surface of Hay Lane, the castle ditch to Coventry castle was found. It ran north-south parallel with the lane and under the listed houses on the east side of the lane and was said to be of a massive size. No other features survived at this immense depth. Afte the land it stood on had been left derelict for many years, in 1993 the NEWT AND CUCUMBER was built on the site, later renamed NEWTZ and, in 2010, BAYLEY'S.