CovSoc Visits the City Walls and Burges
coventrysociety Twenty four fortunate CovSoc members were able to attend a city centre visit on the day that lock-down was eased, Monday 17th May. This is the first members’ visit since…
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New Cathedral Music Launches City of Culture Year
Coventry Cathedral’s Choral Evensong on Sunday 16th May turned out to be the first event of City of Culture Year. The event featured new music by composer Jonathan Rathbone. It…
Coventry Airport Gigafactory Public Consultation
Proposals for a Gigafactory at Coventry Airport have accelerated following the launch of a public consultation exercise. The consultation seeks to understand the views of residents and the local community…
Sluice Gates Remembered
The Coventry Society is a partner in Warwickshire Wildlife Trust’s Sherbourne Living Landscapes project. This project aims to reconnect the people of Coventry with the city’s river, restore the river…
Peregrines Delay Work on Spire
The discovery of a peregrine falcon nest on the Cathedral tower has halted work on the Cathedral steeple. The nest contains a single egg. The work on the steeply relates…
City Model Finds a Home
Coventry Society member Peter Garbett has used his lockdown at home more productively than many of us. He has created a huge model of the City of Coventry as it…
Charterhouse Wall Painting Restored
The only surviving wall painting in a Carthusian monastery in England has been restored as part of that major conservation project at the Charterhouse. A large wall painting depicting the…
Chapel at London Road Cemetery Approved for Office Use
Planning permission has been granted for a change of use of the Nonconformist Chapel at London Road Cemetery from a place of worship (D1) to Office Use (B3). The proposed…
Relief for Lovers of Old Hall
This newspaper story is dated 29th November 1958. The text reads: “Admirers of St. Mary’s Hall, who were taken aback by a recent suggestion that a secondary staircase should be…
City Centre South Gets the Go-Ahead
It was perhaps predictable that the City Council’s Planning Committee gave approval last week for the destruction of a significant amount of Coventry’s post-war heritage, contrary to the recommendation of…