Pub history

The Spon Gate

Spon Street runs along the north side of the Skydome complex. Now part of a conservation area, Spon Street has many of Coventry’s ancient listed buildings. At the east end of the street, near Saint John’s Church, stood Spon Gate. Built soon after 1391, it was one of the 12 gates in the city wall around Coventry. Spon Gate was demolished in 1771.