Information for record number MWA19118:
Site of Charity Cottages, Pinley Green

Summary A cottage, subsequently subdivided, and associated land was purchased with a bequest from the Birds for the poor of Rowington, in 1669. The cottage was condemned and demolished in the 1960s.
What Is It?  
Type: Almshouse
Period: Modern (1669 AD - 1965 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rowington
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 66
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Level of Protection Local
Description

  
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1 John and Catherine Bird in their lifetime gave £50 on the understanding that on Catherin'es death, land should be purchased with the sum. In 1669, a house, garden, orchard and Pinley Close were purchased from William Milborne and his wife Jane, for housing the poor of Rowington. An allotment of one rood thirty perches was added to this property. By 1836 the house had been subdivided into 4 cottages, with a garden and orchard. They were occupied by poor people placed here by the parish officers, rent free. In 1965, the house was condemned and demolished and the land sold.
2Marked as 'Rowington Poor' on the 1849 Rowington Tithe Map.
3 Photograph from 1960 shows the house prior to demolition. It is, at least, partially timber-framed.
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: From Hroca to Anne being a 1000 years in the life of Rowington
Author/originator: Joy Woodall
Date: 1974
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Source No: 3
Source Type: Desk Top Study
Title: Information on Charity Cottages, Pinley Green, Rowington
Author/originator: Brace J
Date: 2013
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Source No: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: Rowington Tithe Map and Apportionment
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Date: 1849
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period Modern The Modern Period, about 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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period modern About 1915 AD to the present (the 20th and 21st centuries AD)

In recent years archaeologists have realised the importance of recording modern sites. They do this so that in the future people will be able to look at the remains to help them understand the events to which they are related.
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monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ALLOTMENT * A share or portion of land, allotted to a person, often used for growing, vegetables, fruit, etc. back
monument ALMSHOUSE * A house devoted to the shelter of the poor and endowed by a benefactor for this use. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ORCHARD * An enclosure used for the cultivation of fruit trees. back

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