Woolpack, 149 Spon Street
| Alternative Addresses: | 149 Spon End | ||
In 1756 four soldiers were billeted here, and in 1767 the pub was advertised for sale.
In 1779 there was a curious advertisement in Jobsons Coventry Mercury. It was for a substitute to serve with the 6th Royal Warwickshire Regiment of Foot, about 5' 7" tall, to apply to Mr Thomas Dawson at the Woolpack in Spon St., Coventry. This is how the draft was dodged in those days!
In 1830 it was to let and comprised a bar, kitchen, parlour, four lodging rooms, a large club room, extensive cellaring, a brewhouse, two-stall stable with store room over and piggeries.
In 1891 Phillips and Marriott leased the pub from R. Parker of 17 Church Street, Hereford. In 1907 they purchased it for £1,000.
In 1906 the fact that a suspect was playing darts in the Woolpack at the time was used as an alibi in the Stoke Park murders.
In 1960 the Woolpack 'stands sedately on its own in defiance of Hitler's bombs, as the property on either side was entirely demolished and the inn itself was very badly damaged'. Before the damage was repaired, the pub was propped up at each end. The front was also renovated, including new windows.
It was an old coaching inn and some of the bedrooms in 1960 were formerly stables. It was said to contain a well laid out bar, delightful smoke room and large club room.
It closed on 31st May 1970.The woolpack is a large bale of wool prepared for carriage. It has a weight of 240 pounds. | |||
LICENSEES:1822 - 1823 Thomas Turner 1828 - 1830 Henry Perkins 1835 Mary Turner 1841 - 1845 Mary Rogers 1861 - 1874 Richard F. Parker 1879 - 1881 Charles Griffiths 1886 W. Knibbs 1890 - 1891 Emma Owen 1893 - 1894 W. Harris 1896 Thomas J. Elkington 1900 - 1903 George King 1903 - 1905 William Holt 1905 - 1906 William Hanson 1906 Frederick James Storey 1907 - 1909 John Worrall 1909 William Flathers 1911 - 1913 Thomas Harris 1914 - 1934 Charles Twyneham 1935 - 1938 G. Bonas 1939 - 1960 Arthur Edward Haymes (see also Cheylesmore Inn, Greyfriars Lane in 1935) | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||