Swanswell Hotel, 20 Hales Street
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| 1858 | 1926 | SWANSWELL STORES | |
| 1894 | 1998 | SWANSWELL HOTEL | |
| 1998 | 1999 | INN PLACE | |
 In the 1950s.
Previously the SWANSWELL STORES, began by John Porter in 1858, soon after John Dowse took over in 1894 these premises were also referred to as the SWANSWELL HOTEL, although the "STORES" name persisted until Dowse retired.
In 1926 this pub was sold by Charringtons.
In 1982 it was described as a 'Basic working man's drinking pub and one of the few of its kind to survive in the City Centre'.
In 2010 it was demolished to make way for the Phoenix (Millennium) Project and the site is under the Garden of International Friendship. Pity it couldn't have been the Pub of International Friendship!
Left:1980s.This name refers to a local pool, the Swanswell, which was the source of much of the water used in ancient Coventry. | |||
LICENSEES:1894 - 1919 John Dowse (retired 1919) 1919 - 1926 Arthur John Dowse (retired 1926) 1926 - 1928 Albert Edward Williams 1928 Albert William Greatrex 1928 Philip Weston 1929 - 1940 Lester Mark Tarrant 1947 Thomas Boag Downing 1958 John Henry Edward Maun 1961 William George Ling 1963 Les Court | |||
OWNERS:to 1926 Charringtons | |||
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