Children’s Home Planned for former Waterworks House
coventrysociety The City Council has granted planning permission for the conversion of Waterworks House in Doe Bank Lane, Spon End, into a Children’s Care Home. Waterworks House was built over 170…
2024
Painting is dead …. long live photography
A talk by Aliki Braine to the Arts Society, Coventry Tuesday 23rd January 2024 at 7.00 p.m. (Doors open 6.30 p.m.) Barr’s Hill School Theatre, Radford Road, Coventry When the…
Looking Back at 1956
Historian and CovSoc Committee member, David Fry, has been studying past editions of the Alfred Herbert Newsletter. These newsletters are much more than just a works newsletter and reveal a…
News from the Earlsdon Research Group
The Earlsdon Research Group have recently been benefiting from access to recently released 1921 Census to delve into the changing profiles of the original eight streets set out on farmland…
The Sherbourne Valley Project
For our January 2024 meeting we have a presentation about the Sherbourne Valley Project. The meeting is open to the public and we hope that you will join us. The…
City Centre South Moves Forward
The Reserved Matters planning application for the first phase of City Centre South has been submitted and is awaiting Council approval. Development partners, The Hill Group and Shearer Property Group…
Coventry’s First Modular Homes
Citizen Housing has completed its first group of modular homes in Coventry. They were built by a local company based in Stoneleigh. The housing association worked with Coventry City Council…
Celebrating 20 Years of Imagineer
In the summer of 2022, the Coventry Society visited Imagineer at the Daimler Powerhouse. This month as founding principal Jane Hytch departs the organisation, we join them in celebrating twenty…