Heritage at Risk
coventrysociety Historic England has published its latest register of Heritage at Risk. The Register identifies sites most at risk of being lost as a result of neglect, decay or inappropriate development.…
Heritage and History
What Next for Whitefriars?
What next for Whitefriars? That was the question posed by Carol Pyrah, Executive Director of the Historic Coventry Trust, at a meeting of the Coventry Society held at the newly…
Proposed Demolition of St Nicholas Church, Radford
Coventry City Council is currently considering a planning application for the demolition of St Nicholas Church, Radford, and the redevelopment of the site for affordable housing. The Coventry Society has…
Drapers’ Hall and Quaker architect Thomas Rickman
With the next meeting of the Coventry Society being held in the newly restored Drapers’ Hall, CovSoc member Professor Eleanor Nesbitt tells us a bit about the Hall and the…
Grotesques Map Unveiled
A new online map that shows the position of grotesques in Coventry has now been published in the run up to Halloween. The Coventry Grotesque map reveals for the first…
Telegraph Hotel in the Top 100
Coventry’s Telegraph Hotel has been named one of the top 100 hotels in Britain in a leading hospitality guide – just five months after opening The luxury 4* hotel, which…
Operator Appointed for Historic Buildings
Coventry Historic Trust has appointed an operator to manage six historic buildings being launched as boutique holiday and visitor accommodation in October. The Trust has appointed Coventry-based heritage attraction specialists,…
Draper’s Hall Due to re-open in November
Drapers’ Hall, in Bayley Lane is opening this Autumn as a venue for music and music education following a £5m restoration project led by Historic Coventry Trust in partnership with…
Hugh Dennis joins Stoke’s big dig
Actor and comedian Hugh Dennis caused a stir in Stoke last month when he turned up at Biggin Hall Crescent and asked residents if he could dig a hole in…
A Coventry made timepiece fit for a King
This article was first published in March 2019. It has been corrected and updated courtesy of CovSoc member and historian David Fry. King Charles II didn’t much like Coventry. In…