Building record 638/0/118 - Coach and Horses, Warwick Street

The Coach and Horses Inn was built by 1847. It consists of a long, two storey range with two long, narrow wings at the rear. It is constructed of red brick, rendered on the front range, with a slate-clad pitched roof, a brick ridge and gable end stacks. The ground floor has two canted bay windows flanking the carriage arch which has 19th century gates. A porch was added in the 20th century. The carriage arch give access to the courtyard which has stables and a two storey accommodation wing. Locally listed building.

{1} Coach and Horses Public House on Warwick Street. 18th-century coaching inn which retains its stable arch and stable buildings (later converted to cottages and then function room) to the rear. The landlady informs that the original building was constructed in 1736. Film 6 photo 9, 10-13.

{3} The Coach and Horses Inn is thought to be one of Daventry’s former coaching inns, and was first mentioned in documentary sources in 1847. By 1877 it was part of the Lucas and Co. Brewery. The building consists of a long, two-storey range with two long, narrow wings at the rear. It is constructed of brick, rendered on the front range, with a slate-clad pitched roof, and brick ridge and gable end stacks. The ground floor has two canted bay windows flanking the carriage arch which has 19th century gates. On the right hand side is a hipped entrance porch, added in the 20th century. The four first-floor windows are ten over ten sashes. The carriage arch gives access to the courtyard, on the north-east side of which is the stables, and on the opposite side the two-storey accommodation wing. Internally, the ground floor bar room has an open plan and a fireplace with a painted and moulded bressumer.

{4} Building recording undertaken during renovation and conversion of the former public horse indicated that the inn and adjacent property, possibly constructed as the landlord's house, were constructed in the second quarter of the 19th century. Three phases of brick-built stables were added during the middle years of the 19th century. All were present by the 1880s.

<1> Ballinger J., 1999, Northamptonshire Extensive Urban Survey: Industrial Period, (unchecked) (Digital archive). SNN4.

<2> Daventry District Council, 2017, Daventry Town Centre Conservation Area Appraisal and Management Plan, p. 55 (Policy Document). SNN112347.

<3> English Heritage, Designation Advice Report, Designation Adviser, 21st July 2011 [UDS Non-Designation case] (Report). SNN113190.

<4> Coutts, C & Page, N, 2020, The Coach and Horses, Daventry, Northamptonshire: Archaeological Recording (Report). SNN114833.

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Mar 14 2023 8:58AM