One of the key historic features of villages like Church Lawford or King’s Newnham alongside the farms and ecclesiastical sites were the thatched village cottages. Back in 1918 when the two villages came “under the hammer” there were many such cottages, as discussed in the various documents related to the sale – linked here.
It is also interesting to look at what happened to them after that sale, and this is done on further pages as follows.
Street Naming and Numbering Changes
Although referenced during those articles, a key reference point are the village directories of the 1950’s when many changes were being made / or were about to be made. The 1959 directory is especially useful for Cottage Number spotting before the new street numbers were adopted.
The remaining thatched village cottages in Green Lane are now a listed building – as discussed here
In addition to the cottages referenced above there are also a number of historic buildings in the two villages, distinct from the various farms and smallholdings (discussed separately here), so a list has been created below with links to buildings first seen in the village over a century ago.
A complete list of those buildings that were in the 1918 auction also provides an index to these properties.
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- Jaggards Cottage (Church Road)
- Harford Cottage (Church Road)
- Manor House (Church Road)
- Other Church Road Properties
- Green Lane Cottages
- White Lion Inn
- Smithy Lane Cottages
- Eastlands Farm / Wheatfield
- The Rectory
- Kinver Farm / Village Post Office (School Street)
- Fir Tree House (School Street)
- The Cottage (Rugby Road)
- Triangle Cottage (Rugby Road)
- Fog Cottages (Rugby Road)
- Ivy Cottage (Coventry Road)
- The Lodge, King’s Newnham
- The Old Bath House, King’s Newnham
Additionally there are other buildings from a century or more ago that are no longer standing that might be considered (noting that other buildings will have been discussed separately)
For a timelapsed map view of the east side of Church Lawford village see here.