Title

Kirby House, Little Park Street, Coventry, 1941. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Caption

Kirby House, Little Park Street, Coventry, 1941. The rear elevation of Kirby House at 16 Little Park Street showing evidence of bomb damage. Coventry City centre was devastated by air raids in November 1940. The bombing left the cathedral in ruins and destroyed much of the historic fabric of the city. Kirby House survived the bombing and the post-war redevelopment of the city centre. It is now Grade II* listed.

Date

1941

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Reference

HRM21B16_052

Model release

No

Property release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

68,0Mb (4,3Mb) / 18,6in x 14,2in / 5573 x 4264 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior outdoors building buildings England destruction house houses architecture country window British English windows war location century Britain broken wartime concept georgian 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 Listed Building 2nd World War Grade II Little Park Street George Bernard Mason Mason George Bernard Historic England Kirby House