Information for record number MWA9439:
Elephant Close, Rowington

Summary A house dating from the Post Medieval period which was once an Inn known as the 'Elephant and Castle'. There was a timber framed barn also dating from the Post Medieval period, but this collapsed around the year 1914. It is situated 500m north west of Rowington church.
What Is It?  
Type: House, Inn, Timber Framed Barn
Period: Post-medieval (1540 AD - 1750 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Rowington
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 20 69
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
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1 Probably an early Tudor house. It has a large external chimney at the rear, now rendered, and a wide open hearth. The house was previously an Inn. An old photograph shows that the upper storey was jettied. There was a good timbered barn to the south of the house, lying length way onto the road. It collapsed in a dilapidated condition around 1914. The earliest documentated history for this property is 1785. It is marked as building No. 45 on the 1550 - 1650 map in this book.
2 The property is marked on the First Edition 6" Ordnance Survey map as the 'Elephant and Castle Public House'.
 
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: 2
Source Type: Map
Title: 32SE 1:10560 1886 2nd edition
Author/originator: Ordnance Survey
Date: 1886
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Glossary

 
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period Medieval 1066 AD to 1539 AD (the 11th century AD to the 16th century AD)

The medieval period comes after the Saxon period and before the post medieval period.

The Medieval period begins in 1066 AD.
This was the year that the Normans, led by William the Conqueror (1066 – 1087), invaded England and defeated Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings in East Sussex.
The Medieval period includes the first half of the Tudor period (1485 – 1603 AD), when the Tudor family reigned in England and eventually in Scotland too.

The end of the Medieval period is marked by Henry VIII’s (1509 – 1547) order for the Dissolution of the Monasteries in the years running up to 1539 AD. The whole of this period is sometimes called the Middle Ages.
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period Post Medieval About 1540 AD to 1750 AD (the 16th century AD to the 18th century AD)

The Post Medieval period comes after the medieval period and before the Imperial period.

This period covers the second half of the reign of the Tudors (1485 – 1603), the reign of the Stuarts (1603 – 1702) and the beginning of the reign of the Hannoverians (1714 – 1836).
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monument INN * A public house for the lodging and entertainment of travellers, etc. back
monument HOUSE * A building for human habitation, especially a dwelling place. Use more specific type where known. back
monument BUILDING * A structure with a roof to provide shelter from the weather for occupants or contents. Use specific type where known. back
monument CHURCH * A building used for public Christian worship. Use more specific type where known. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument CASTLE * A fortress and dwelling, usually medieval in origin, and often consisting of a keep, curtain wall and towers etc. back
monument HEARTH * The slab or place on which a fire is made. back
monument PUBLIC HOUSE * The public house was a 19th century development, distinctive from the earlier BEER HOUSE by its decorative treatment and fittings. back
monument BARN * A building for the storage and processing of grain crops and for housing straw, farm equipment and occasionally livestock and their fodder. Use more specific type where known. back
monument CHIMNEY * Chimney used on an industrial or commercial site. back
monument TIMBER FRAMED BARN * A barn which is constructed with a timber framework; between the members are panels which are infilled with timber, wattle and daub, plaster, brickwork, stone or other materials. back

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