It was also called Coventry House.
Circa 1880, John Hill was licensee. He transferred to John Murray Bruce in September 1882. Bruce in tern transferred his licence to Joseph Lewin, October 1883. Mary Ann Wainwright was next – in February 1884 – and by 1886 Fanny Blower held the licence.
In April 1889 (when William Tate was the landlord), Walter Wynn – a plasterer who was lodging there – was found drunk in the tap room at the Coventry Arms. Tate claimed he raised Wynn from his bed. On returning a couple of hours later found Wynn in a worse condition. Tate was fined 10/-.
In October 1890, an inquest was held on Martin Wright, a slater aged forty-one, who was living at the Coventry Arm, had fallen from a scaffold which had given way, sustaining fatal back and head injuries. The Coroner concluded that Wright fell with the scaffold when a padlock became loose after not being fixed properly.
In 1898, the renewal of the licence was not applied for, Joseph Blowers being the licensee at the time.
