Forge Cottage Guy Fawkes House

DUNCHURCH THE SQUARE SP4871 (East side) 11/56 Forge Cottage and Guy Fawkes 04/12/51 House (Formerly listed as No.7 Dunchurch Road (formerly Lion Inn)) GV II Shown on Ordnance Survey map as Guy Fawkes House. 2 houses, formerly The Lion Inn. C16, and C20 alterations and additions. Timber framed: close studding with jettied first floor and tension braces, and plastered infill. Small areas replaced with plaster. Right return side and rear range to Daventry Road of brick. Old tile roofs; old internal brick stack. 4-unit through-passage plan with cross wing on right, extended to L-plan to rear. 2 storeys and attic; 5-window range. Irregular front. Forge Cottage on left has late C20 glazed door and flanking window. Plank door to passage to rear. Guy Fawkes House on right has plank door. C19 and C20 two and 3-light casements with glazing bars throughout. Rendered gable has small 2-light casement. Right return side is a one-window range, 3-light casements, with brick segmental arch to ground floor. Long lower windowless range to right. Interiors not inspected. The Warwickshire conspirators are said to have waited in The Lion Inn to hear the results of the Gunpowder Plot.

Listing NGR: SP4856571198