Copsewood Comes Back to Life
coventrysociety After many years of campaigning and considerable restoration problems, Copsewood Grange was formally re-opened by the Lord Mayor of Coventry on Friday 25th January 2019. The building was restored by…
Planning and Design
Stop relying on the Big Boys!
It might be a long-held ambition to build the City Centre South scheme on land currently occupied by Bull Yard, Shelton Square, the City Arcade and Hertford Street but judging…
Copsewood Grange
Copsewood Grange was erected in 1872 by James Hart, a ribbon manufacturer. The date 1870 is on the Lodge at the entrance to the Grange with what seems to be…
Why are our planners ignoring their own rules?
As demolition of the Coventry Cross gets underway without complying with the Council’s own conditions for removal, the Coventry Society asks: “Why are developers being allowed to rule the roost…
Sir Frederick Gibberd – Architect (1908-1984)
After decades of neglect, the reputation of Coventry-born architect Frederick Gibberd is at last getting a long-overdue re-appraisal. A new study by architectural historian Christine Hui Lan Manley, published by…
A talk by John Prevc, Architect
Monday 14th January 2019 at 7.30 p.m. at the Shopfront Theatre, City Arcade, Coventry, CV1 3HW John Prevc is an architect working with Make in London. Make is an employee…
CovSoc Supports Campaign to Improve the Design of new housing
At its meeting on Monday 10th December 2018, CovSoc Chairman Paul Maddocks handed over a cheque to Sarah James from Civic Voice to support the campaign to improve the quality…
Building Better, Building Beautiful
A commission to champion beautiful buildings as an integral part of the drive to build the homes communities need has been announced by the Communities Secretary Rt Hon James Brokenshire…
Which Vision of Cuckoo Lane do you prefer?
With Planning Committee due to make a decision about the future of the Coventry Cross on Thursday, here is the choice they have to make. Which do you prefer? The…
Corporation Street “Village?”
With the opening of luxury apartments in the former Co-op and independent café Changamiri Coffee opposite on the north side of Corporation Street there’s a real sense of a new…