KNOWLE HERITAGE WALK ONE
Knowle High Street
3 – East Side to Northend Cottages
ROUTE:
Continue along the High Street, crossing Hampton Road, to reach Artillery Cottage and the Northend Cottages.
PLACES OF INTEREST:
9 Greswolde Arms – This hotel was a coaching inn, opened on the Birmingham to Warwick turnpike, in the 1700s, a place where horses were changed. Knowle Lido was open behind the hotel from the 1930s to the 1960s.
10 No 1637 High Street – Belying its age with its appearance, this former doctor’s home and village surgery, until 1975, is thought to have been built around 1830.
11 Wilson Arms – Inside an exterior remodelled in the 1970s and extended in the 1990s is a Grade II listed oak framed building dating from around 1600. Originally The Rising Sun, it was renamed in 1839, after the local squire, whose coat of arms sits above the front door.
12 The Black and White Cottage – Converted to offices in 1988, this Grade II listed cottage also dates from around 1600. It is thought to have earlier foundations.
13 Artillery Cottage – Orginally three homes, now a single Grade II listed residence, the longer, higher rooflined, part of this building dates from about 1600. It was extended in the early 19th century and refurbished in 1971.
14 Hillside/Northend Cottages – Bookending Artillery Cottage at the former northern edge of the village are these two rows of terraced cottages, built about 1890.