Title

35-36 Gosford Street, Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, 1941. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Caption

35-36 Gosford Street, Coventry, Coventry, Coventry, 1941. The exterior of 35 and 36 Gosford Street. The building appears to show evidence of bomb damage. Coventry City centre was devastated by air raids on 14th November 1940. The bombing raids left the nearby cathedral in ruins and destroyed much of the historic fabric of the city. The Jaguar Building of Coventry University now occupies this part of Gosford Street.

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM21B16_045

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

70,4Mb (3,4Mb) / 14,5in x 18,9in / 4351 x 5659 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building buildings England destruction house houses country British English war location century Britain wartime concept B&W 1940s warfare west midlands Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing black & white black and white B W world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz aerial warfare bomb damage Coventry decade Second World War TGN WW2 outside street photograph 2nd World War George Bernard Mason Mason George Bernard Historic England Gosford Street