20. Bust of George Whitfield, at one time in Mr. Franklin’s house
Mr. A. W. Hoare
“A black bust with a coloured face, which for some reason or other was covered with green gauze.” “That,” said Mr. Lyon, “is the eminent George Whitfield . . . Providence ordained that the good man should squint; and my daughter has not yet learned to bear with this infirmity.”—Felix Holt, ch. v.
21. Coventry, Nantglyn, Warwick Row
Mr. S. T. Shipway
The Misses Franklin’s school was at this address. George Eliot left this school in 1835.
George Eliot’s Coventry Home and Circle.
In March, 1841, Robert Evans and his daughter came to live in the Foleshill Road, until her father died in 1849. The house is known as Bird Grove, and has been much altered.
22. Coventry, Bird Grove
Mr. S. T. Shipway