Coventry flats to be built on site of pub once run by City footballer

FLATS are to be built on an abandoned plot of land which used to house a pub run by a former Coventry City footballer.

- By DAVID LAWRENCE

Plans for the three-storey block on the overgrown area at the junction of Jobs Land and Jardine Crescent in Tile Hill were approved by planners last week.

The vacant plot used to house the New Star pub. Built in 1959, former Sky Blues skipper George Mason was the first landlord after the defender hung up his boots after playing 330 times for the Highfield Road club between 1931 and 1952. It later became known as the Woodsman but closed in 2002 and was later demolished due to structural problems.