The Elms, Coventry

The Elms is housed in a timber-framed two storey building, built from 1590,^[1] with the earliest surviving parts of the structure dating to the 1660s.^[2] It is located next to All Saints Church and was a private residence until the 1920s.^[3]

In 1928, Coventry businessman and philanthropist Thomas Paybody purchased the Elms and its 12 acre grounds. He presented the building to the Coventry and District Crippled Children’s Guild.^[4][5] The building opened as the Paybody Convalescent Home for children in September 1929,^[6] with an extension for another ward built in 1931,^[7] at the request of the Minister of Health and the Board of Education.^[8] The building became the Paybody Orthopaedic Hospital from 1938 to 1963, then operated as the Paybody Eye Hospital, until 1991.^[3]

The Elms is currently a pub and restaurant operated by the Harvester chain. It is a locally listed building.^[1]

52°25′19″N 1°33′23″W / 52.42196°N 1.55643°W / 52.42196; -1.55643