This building was formerly the Kings Arms Inn and dates from 1563. A busy coaching inn, it famously hosted the novelist Sir Walter Scott in 1815. The building was demolished in 1986 and the facade completely rebuilt. The sandstone building behind it is actually the façade of Kenilworth’s original station that was dismantled and moved to this spot in 1883.
Talisman square (a short walk south) was the site of the 19th century Tannery. At its height, during the Great War it produced 1600 leather hides a week before demolition in 1965.
Retrace your steps to reach Abbey End.
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