Cheylesmore Manor House

In the civil parish of Coventry.
In the historic county of Warwickshire (Modern Authority of Coventry, 1974 county of West Midlands).

The manor of Cheylesmore was annexed to the Duchy of Cornwall in 1337 subject to the life interest of Queen Isabella, who held it until her death in 1385. It lay on the southern outskirts of Coventry, and had a valuable stone-quarry within its park. In 1385 Richard II gave the citizens permission to take stone to complete their city wall on condition that the site of the manor-house was enclosed within the circuit. Thereafter Cheylesmore had the character of a town-house where the king stayed when he visited the city. C16 gatehouse remains which incorporates earlier work, but main remnants of the manor house were demolished in 1956.

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Certain.
Masonry ruins/remnants remains.

This site is a Grade 2* listed building protected by law*. (Images of England number 218536)

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SP33377865

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Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 869469

Web site links
- http://www.thecoventrypages.net/hstoric-cov/manor-house.asp
Books
- Colvin, H.M., Brown, R.Allen and Taylor, A.J., 1963, The history of the King's Works Vol2: the Middle Ages (London: HMSO) p909-10
  Stephens, W.B. (ed), 1969, VCH Warwick: Vol8 http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=16005#s8
  Chatwin, P.B., 1952, Castles in Warwickshire p18-21
Primary (Medieval documents or transcriptions of such documents - This section is far from complete and the secondary sources should be consulted for full references.)
- Calendar of Patent Rolls (1381-5) p557
Antiquarian (Histories and accounts from late medieval and early modern writers)
- Chandler, John, 1993, John Leland's Itinerary: travels in Tudor England (Sutton Publishing) p474

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*The listed building may not be the actual medieval building, but a building on the site of, or incorporating fragments of, the described site.

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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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