Three Tuns, Broadgate
| In 1615, while William Snell was mayor, he purchased three messuages, including the "Three Tuns" in Broadgate.
In 1675 John Winterton, a butcher who also owned several properties and some land around Coventry, was made a sheriff. He was also the owner of the Three Tuns, plus the adjacent two houses on the corner of Broadgate and Smithford Street in 1677.
In 1728 this pub was leased by Benjamin Brockhurst senior to Benjamin Brockhurst junior and Sandy Littleton.
In 1756 four soldiers were billeted here.
On 22nd March 1784 the brewing utensils, fixtures and fittings were put up for sale, but the pub appears to have continued until at least 1820 when the west side of Broadgate was demolished for the street to be vastly widened. This explains why, in the 1851 map below, the location appears to be in the middle of the street, but which until 1820 had been a line of properties stretching northwards, linking with the Castle Inn. A tun is a large cask containing wine or other liquids, with a capacity of two pipes, or four hogsheads, or 252 old wine gallons. Three tuns appear on the arms of the Worshipful Company of Vintners and the Worshipful Company of Brewers. | |||
 Street plan of 1851 | |||
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