The Old Hall Hotel, Coventry
house in Coventry, West Midlands, England, UK
The Old Hall Hotel in Coundon near Coventry, England, is a building of historical significance and is Grade II listed on the English Heritage Register. It was built in about 1800 by a wealthy landowner and was called Coundon Villa and later Coundon Hall. It was the residence of several notable people until about 1947, when it was converted to a hotel. Today it is still a hotel which provides accommodation, restaurant and bar facilities.
Early residents
Samuel Oldham (1754–1815) built the Old Hall Hotel in about 1800. These may have been additions to an earlier farmhouse. He was a wealthy landowner who had inherited a large fortune from his uncle who died in 1771. His father was Thomas Oldham (1715–1767) who was Mayor of Coventry, and his mother was Katherine Lawton, only child of Nathaniel Lawton of Coventry. Samuel lived in Coventry for many years, but then moved to Coundon, where he built a villa house. It is shown on the map of 1814.
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