Big Plans for the Cathedral
coventrysociety In March plans were approved for the first significant extension to Sir Basil Spence’s “new” Cathedral. As part of a big plan to make the Cathedral fit to host events…
2019
Francis Skidmore – the Greatest Metal Craftsman of the Victorian Age
Francis Alfred Skidmore was born in Birmingham in 1817, the son of a jeweller. His family moved to Coventry in 1822 and Francis learned metal working during a seven year…
Covsoc 2018-19 – A Look Back on the Year!
With our Annual General Meeting being held last week we thought that it would be a good time to set out what we have been doing over the past year.…
The Mystery of the Egyptian God and the Precinct
Now that the restoration and re-modelling of the City Precinct is about to start, you might be interested in knowing about a link to ancient Egypt. On the back of…
The Bishop and the Sculptor
2018 was the centenary of the designation of St. Michael’s as a Cathedral. Of course it had been a Church for a lot longer, since the Normans built it as…
Harry Quick – Coventry Architect 1858-1935
In the summer of 1895, the Midland Daily Telegraph published a lavish set of drawings illustrating the winning design for Coventry’s new municipal offices. Fashioned in Tudor style, with stone…
Where should the Cross go?
On 15th November 2018, contrary to the recommendation of Historic England, the Council granted planning permission to relocate the replica Coventry Cross from its current location next to Holy Trinity…
Broad Street Meeting Hall – Starts on Site
The Coventry Society welcomes the news that work has started on the construction of the new Broad Street Community Meeting Hall in Foleshill. Broad Street Meeting Hall is a multi-cultural…
Who was Richard Lee?
Lots of Coventry schools and civic buildings are named after famous people. Some are well known and obvious to us: Cardinal Newman, Sidney Stringer and President Kennedy School are all…
Earlsdon’s Lost Industrial Heritage
Monday 11th March 2019 at 7.30 p.m. at the Shopfront Theatre, City Arcade. John Purcell, from the Earlsdon Research Group Earlsdon was created in 1852 by the Freehold Land Society.…