The New Spires, Grayswood Avenue. The 1930's-built public house has had another colour transformation back to black and white since its brief foray into pastel shades. Opened as the Three Spires Hotel, it became the Jules Verne theme pub in the early 1970's then the Spires Tavern, the Rectory by the late 1980's and now the New Spires with a 'pub for let' sign on its frontage to the right of the bay windows. Photo © Copyright E Gammie and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence.
This is named after Coventry's three church spires.
Built in the 1930's this pub was formerly the THREE SPIRES HOTEL then JULES VERNE ifrom 1966 to the 1970'S. In 1981 it reopened as the SPIRES 18 months after the Jules Verne was completely gutted by fire. From being a theme pub relating to 'Around the World in 80 Days' it adopted the then current trend for tradition with beams, twee lamps, watlle and daub walls and a fibre glass range! In the 1980's renamed the RECTORY apparently in order to identify with the area! I can't see what the connection is between rectory and the Grayswood Avenue area. Outside it was labelled as a medieval inn but the building is only 1930's brewers Tudor.