FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH; The lover of period houses delights in a build date. The older something is, the better, providing basic home comforts have kept up with the times. This week's buyer with more than pounds 850,000 to spend might secure a piece of Tudor England, a William and Mary classic, a relatively "new" antique - or contemporary luxury set in old stone. Marsya Lennox reports.(Features)

From: The Birmingham Post (England) | Date: May 26, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Marsya Lennox

Stone House

Stone House at Allesley is said to date from 1557 and the reign of Mary, daughter of Henry Vlll. That makes is an original, Tudor house, built in sandstone and a weighty survivor in this old village on the edge of the expanded Coventry.

At one point, the property was owned by a Mayor of Coventry and there are stories that it was once a lodge house to Allesley Castle, now long gone.

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