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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 ...
Samuel Watson, who was sheriff of Coventry in 1682, became famous for making an ingenious astronomical clock; John Carte, a watchmaker from Coventry had set up his own business in London by 1695, and the mayor of Coventry in 1727 was a watchmaker named George Porter. The firm of "Vale" was established in the late 1740s, and "Rotherhams" set up ...
A clock in Coventry shows puppets playing the story of Lady Godiva and how she rode across Coventry on a horse naked and peeping Tom who disobeyed the order stay behind closed doors. The Coventry Society recalls, "On the hour the bell strikes, the doors open and from the right hand door comes a figure of Lady Godiva riding a white horse. She ...
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 ...
It was founded in 1970, as the Coventry Civic Amenities Society, in opposition to the proposed demolition of Kirby House. [1] The society is registered as a charity in England, number 500229, [2] and is affiliated to Civic Voice, [3] [4] the national umbrella group for civic societies. The society has involved itself in campaigns on issues such ...
The Brick School House is a local history museum in Coventry, Connecticut. The small brick building functioned as a one-room school from 1825 to 1953. It is the only one-room schoolhouse open to the public in Connecticut. [1] The Brick School House is owned and managed by the Coventry Historical Society. The interior features nineteenth-century ...
It is the seventh building to serve as Chicago's city hall, the fourth built at its location, and the third shared by the governments of Chicago and Cook County. [10] [11] Its location has served as the seat of the city and county governments since 1853, except for a period from 1871—when the Great Chicago Fire destroyed the building—to 1885.
Coventry City Council [26] More images: The Journeyman: Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1: 1999 () Stephen Hitchin Steel, cast bronze: Coventry City Council [26] Wave Seat: Leicester Row, north of Bridge No 1: 1998 () Michael Grevatte Hornton stone: Coventry City Council [26] Daimler Heritage Marker: Canalside, opposite Sandy Lane Business Park