A Trip to Peterborough
coventrysociety A few weeks ago we decided to take a weekend motorhome trip to Peterborough. The general response was – why??? Even my wife’s best friend, who had been brought up…
2020
A Book of Trails
Coventry’s City of Culture team have published a new booklet to promote the city’s heritage and culture. The 26 page document includes a whole host of city centre trails, including:…
Living with Beauty
The Building Better, Building Beautiful Commission published its final report at the end of January. The commission was set up to advise the government on how to promote and increase…
Coventry City Centre’s Historic Area Assessment
Coventry’s Heritage Action Zone initiative is working to unleash the power in Coventry’s historic environment to create economic growth and improve quality of life in the city. Working with local…
Digging up the past in Baginton
The Coventry Society is very interested in Coventry’s future and is always pushing for it to be of quality. We also understand that to achieve that we to have to…
Coventry’s Place in Literary History
CovSoc Member, Professor Eleanor Nesbit, is inviting you to attend a talk on Coventry’s Place in Literary History which is being held on Saturday 15th February from 2 p.m. –…
Historic Coventry Trust Receives Two More Grants
Coventry’s pioneering Historic Coventry Trust has been awarded two separate grants from the Architectural Heritage Trust. The first grant has been offered under the Heritage Development Trust Pilot Grant Scheme.…
Coventry’s Exemplar Post War Church Architecture
For our February meeting we have Architect Aidan Ridyard talking about “Coventry’s exemplar post war church architecture – Looking at the city’s exceptional legacy as part of the international movement…
Consultation on the Plans for the former Civic Centre Site.
Coventry University’s Master Planning consultants, Turnberry, are holding a public exhibition of the University’s plans for the former Civic Centre site (opposite the Council House). This will take place on…
Building with Hemp
Hemp has a very long association with human history. It was one of the first plants to be spun into usable fibre some 10,000 years ago. Hemp is used to…