Ford'S Hospital is a Grade I listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 February 1955. A Early C16 Hospital. 4 related planning applications.

Ford'S Hospital

WRENN ID
gentle-pier-candle
Grade
I
Local Planning Authority
Coventry
Country
England
Date first listed
5 February 1955
Type
Hospital
Period
Early C16
Source
Historic England listing

Description

5105

SP 3378 NW 10/27

GREYFRIARS LANE

Ford's Hospital

5.2.55.

I

Early C16. Also known as Greyfriar's Hospital. Endowed 1509 by will of William Ford. Additional endowment 1517 by William Pisford. Date 1529 on wall refers to appointment of feofees and possibly to additional building between courtyard and garden.

Timber frame with 1st floor oversailing. Badly damaged in air raid of November 1940 but rebuilt with original timbers 1951-3; altered by additional windows and stone walling to street. Much carving to timber framework, including miniature buttresses to close studding with bases and pinnacles. Four centred arched doorways with carved spandrels. Oak seats in courtyard corners. Rainwater heads 1784.

This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 20 November 2019.

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