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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 ...
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.
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
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 ...
The Council House, Coventry Coat of Arms of Coventry above the Council House. Traditionally a part of Warwickshire (although it was a county in its own right for 400 years), Coventry became an independent county borough in 1889.
The Plaque highlights one of the few building left in Coventry which was bombed in the Blitz where Coventry was known to be heavily affected by it. Spon Street. The Council House. The red sandstone facing and early tudor styling was chosen by a competition to be in keeping with nearby St Mary's Hall.
Coventry was a borough constituency which was represented in the House of Commons of England and its successors, the House of Commons of Great Britain and the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. Centred on the City of Coventry in Warwickshire , it returned two Members of Parliament (MPs) from 1295 until the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 ...
Grindlay retired from the council on 21 May 1964 at the age of 88 after serving for 40 years. He died at his home at Trinity House in Coventry in 1965 aged 89 years, [34] and was buried at All Saint's Church, Allesley on 2 June 1965. He is remembered as the "Father of Coventry City Council". [8] [35]