LMS Route: Rugby to Wolverhampton LMS Route: Nuneaton to
Leamington
Coventry Station: lnwrcov2766
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View of the London and Birmingham Railway cottages which
stood above the railway off Warwick Road. The cottages dated from 1838 and
therefore it must be assumed that they provided accommodation to senior railway
personnel. Note that each house has an upper storey window bricked up, painted
white to match the brickwork. John Hyde of Steam Archive writes 'Window tax
was avoided by bricking up windows in new built houses with a view (no pun) to
opening them up when the tax was lifted. Some people had a long wait as the tax
was not repealed until 1851. So yes it was in force when the Warwick Road
cottages were built. It was substituted by a tax on inhabited houses. The LNWR
however never got around to opening the windows up.' On the right at road
level was the offices and workshops of British Railway's road transport
services where a number of Scammell Scarab's, a three or six ton mechanical
horse comprising of a three wheel truck and trailer, could be seen. See 'lnwrcov554g' for a 1920s aerial view of the
cottages.
Photographed by HW Robinson © Steam Archive
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