Just visible beyond the two copper beeches on the left is a petrol station constructed in the 1970s on the site of former master watchmakers' houses. Since this photo was taken it has been demolished and the site remains undeveloped in 2013. One of the two beeches has been felled in the intervening years.
The buildings on the left are at the northern edge of the 19th century Chapelfields bounded by Craven Street, Mount Street and Allesley Old Road which housed watchmakers' premises. The current Chapelfields encompasses a larger area.
Allesley Old Road itself once formed part of an old coach road between London and Holyhead when it was the turnpike road to Birmingham, before being bypassed by the construction of Holyhead Road as part of Telford's 1830s improvements to the route.
Re:The Maudslay Pub. A reminder of Coventry's once great motor car heritage. Humber, Alvis, Humber, Triumph, Standard to name a few all gone . Whats this city got now?SP3179 : The Maudslay