The Weaver's House

Plans to reveal more of the history of the site are approved

The Weaver’s House took part in this year’s Heritage Open Days with house and garden open for visitors to hear talks on the history of the building. Our volunteers put together some extra features for the yearly festival of heritage.…

Thanks to all our volunteers and visitors for giving us an Open Day to remember, a beautiful sunny day, lots of visitors – it was great to see the place buzzing with enthusiasm. We were also joined by Sketch Coventry…

We were lucky that our Open Days in May and June were generally sunny. Always lovely to spend time in the Tudor style garden, and many visitors have commented that it is hard to believe we’re in the heart of…

At long last the first Open Day for 2022 arrived, and what a fantastic day it was. We were blessed with a sunny, clear day with which to appreciate the blossoming garden (but cool enough to enjoy the hot drinks…

Heritage Trust Network (HTN) held their annual conference titled “Recovery, sustainability and wellbeing” in Coventry on 19th and 20th November 2021. We were delighted to show them around The Weaver’s House. HTN exists to help member organisations share their knowledge,…

Charlie moved into the terrace earlier this year and has got involved with taking care of our medieval style garden: I moved into one of the flats next to The Weaver’s House recently, and find it absolutely amazing. The fact…

A guest blog by volunteer and descendant of former residents of The Weaver’s House, Clare Chamberlain. In March 2020 we began lockdown to stem the spread of Covid-19. We are now mid-May, and although there have been some changes, we…

  We’ve put together a little photographic tour highlighting some of the interesting features of The Weaver’s House. 1. Old Meets New The past meets the present where these timbers join. During the restoration new oak was used to repair…

    In this post Sara of the Weavers’ Workshop takes us through the process of rewarping our reproduction loom, a mammoth task! The replica medieval floor loom is at last warped up following several wintry sessions in the freezing…