Title

Spire of the ruined St Michael's Cathedral Church, Coventry, West Midlands, c1955-c1980

Caption

Spire of the ruined St Michael's Cathedral Church, Coventry, West Midlands, c1955-c1980. view from inside the ruins, possibly from the southern aisle, looking west with the top of the Holy Trinity Church spire in the background. The external walls are standing, with the crennellated pinnacles separating each bay of the aisle standing. Inside the church are low portions of the internal columns. The church was one of the largest medieval parish churches and was made a cathedral in 1918. The damage was caused by a German air rain in November 1940. Originally built in the 12th century, Holy Trinity Church was restored between 1666 and 1669.

Date

1955

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM19B41_264

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

67,7Mb (2,5Mb) / 13,3in x 19,8in / 3981 x 5942 (300dpi)

Keywords

building buildings England destruction religious architecture country religion British cathedral English church damaged ruins medieval ruin Christian Christianity spires war Gothic location century architectural Britain destroyed concept ruined steeple B&W MONOCHROME seventies fifties west midlands 1950s Sixties bombed 1970s World War II World War two WWII black & white black and white B W Middle Ages world war 2 1960s 20th century Blitz English Heritage bomb damage church tower Coventry Coventry Cathedral decade Second World War TGN WW2 photograph Listed Building 2nd World War Grade I Ursula Clark Clark Ursula photograph