White Swan, White Street
| Alternative Addresses: | Swanswell Street | ||
| These premises have been known by different names during their history: | FROM | TO | NAME |
| c1835 | 1980 | SWANSWELL TAVERN | |
| 1980 | 1988 | WHITE SWAN | |
| 1988 | 2005 | McGUIGAN'S BAR | |
| 2005 | 2015 | SWANSWELL TAVERN | |
In 1985 this was "a modern pub on the edge of Swanswell Pool which was once the source of Coventry's drinking water."
Formerly the SWANSWELL TAVERN, from 1988 it was McGUIGAN'S BAR, reverting to the SWANSWELL TAVERN again in 2005, but only occupying part of the original building.
In 2015 it became 'Creams' ice-cream restaurant.A tavern sign since the fourteenth century, alluding either to the bird itself or a coat of arms on which it featured, such as those of Henry VIII or Edward III. It also appears in the arms of the Vintners Company, the Poulterers, the Musicians, and the Earls of Essex. | |||
LICENSEES:1983 Steve Lougheed | |||
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