Coventry – Art and Architecture.
coventrysociety Twenty Things you Ought to Know About Coventry and Art and Architecture by Peter Walters, CovSoc Committee Member 1. A stained-glass image of a blonde-haired woman, discovered during recent archaeological…
Architecture
Social distancing space on High Street
The Coventry Society supports the Council’s plan to close High Street to vehicle traffic and we hope that it will contribute to a longer term plan to reduce the traffic…
Radford Under Park
We are very excited that the plans for the proposed innovative Radford Under Park, which will be a new pedestrian and cycle route passes under the raised section of the…
Gordon Cullen – The Townscape Man
At the last CovSoc meeting we heard a presentation from Lesley Durbin about the restoration of the Cullen tile mural in the Lower Precinct. But who was Gordon Cullen and…
A Trip to Peterborough
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…
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:…
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…
100 Years of the Bauhaus
Our Chairman, Paul Maddocks, reflects on a century of the Bauhaus. “As the centenary of the founding of Bauhaus comes to an end, it may be worth looking at what…
Ancient Amarna and Post-War Coventry
For the second meeting of CovSoc’s 50th Anniversary Year, we have a talk about the links between Coventry Precinct and the ancient city of Amarna. Roger Bailey, a Blue Badge…
Next CovSoc Meeting – Ben Flippance
The next meeting of the Coventry Society is to be held on: Monday 9th September 2019 at 7.30 p.m. The will be a talk by Ben Flippance of IDP Architects…