Dun Cow, 19-21 Cross Cheaping
 Cross Cheaping 1892.
I have not encountered this pub in any of the directories I have consulted from 1822. However, it appears in several newspaper advertisements and frequently in Nat Alcock's Coventry Streets - West Orchard and the Sherbourne. In this he states that a back block was added in 1798 and part to the rear was detached in 1839. He also mentions a stable and brewhouse belonging to the pub.
In September 1770 John Grimes advertises in the Coventry Standard that "he has fitted up a large Warehouse at his House at the Dun Cow, in Cross Cheaping, for the reception of Household Furniture... etc."
In 1776 the stable block was replaced and in 1789 and 1861 there was a rebuilding of the main part of the pub.The dun cow is a legendary beast from local stories, said to have lived on Dunsmore Heath, between Coventry and Rugby. It is said to have been gigantic and to have been slain by Guy of Warwick. | |||
OWNERS:1694 - 1698 Benjamin Wright & Margaret Hobson 1700 - c1727 Thomas Chalkley 1727 John Vassall 1767 - 1770 John Grimes 1776 J. Hewitt 1776 William, John & Anne Osborne |
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