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The new Council House was designed in the Elizabethan style, [5] as stipulated by the Borough Corporation, to be in keeping with the old St Mary's Guildhall to the rear. [4] The foundation stone was laid on 12 June 1913 and the building was completed in 1917, [ 6 ] although, because of the First World War , the official opening by the Duke of ...
Herbert Art Gallery and Museum, Jordan Well 1998 Coventry Watch Industry. Coventry was one of the three main British centres of watch and clock manufacture in the industrial age. The Coventry Watchmakers Heritage Trail route includes 22 plaques at the sites of notable former watchmaking factories such as Rotherams, and important watch makers homes.
Coventry Council House with St. Michael's spire behind (photo 2012) Construction of a new Council House to take on the administration duties performed by St. Mary's Hall, and designed to be in keeping with its medieval surroundings, began in 1913 but was delayed during World War I.
A group of local enthusiasts founded the Coventry Watch Museum in Spon Street. [49] Exhibits in Coventry Police Museum. The city's main police station in Little Park Street also hosts a museum of Coventry's police force. The museum, based underground, is split into two sections—one representing the history of the city's police force, and the ...
A council house, corporation house or council flat is a form of British public housing built by local authorities. A council estate is a building complex containing a number of council houses and other amenities like schools and shops. Construction took place mainly from 1919 to 1980s, as a result of the Housing Act 1919. Though more council ...
1 Friargate, Coventry, CV1 2GN: Council's main offices. The council meets at the Council House on Earl Street, which was completed in 1917. [31] In 2017 the council moved its main offices to 1 Friargate, a newly-built office building near Coventry railway station. [32] [33] Martin Reeves, Chief Executive 2008–2023, seen on 20 October 2012
Coventry City Council [2] Godiva and Peeping Tom Clock: Broadgate House – Broadgate, Coventry: 1953 () Trevor Tennant Clock sculpture: Painted wood: Coventry City Council [2] The People of Coventry: Broadgate House – Hertford Street, Coventry
Museums in Coventry before the Herbert included the museum of the Coventry City Guild and the Benedictine Museum, opened by J. B. Shelton in the 1930s. However, Coventry City Council's collection of art treasures and museum pieces were housed in various buildings, and so the council acquired a half-acre site over a number of years costing £35,375.