Sujet

Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, 10/11/1955. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

A view looking south over the construction site of Coventry Cathedral, showing the work in progress. The photograph shows the middle section of the north retaining wall which incorporated the erection of the transformer room for the Cathedral. In the left foreground the completed Guild Chapel section adjoining the boiler house, of which the suspended floor is under final preparations prior to the laying of concrete. It also shows the heavy reinforcement for this suspended floor slab, the adjoining section of the boiler house, the choir practice room and robing rooms. The middle ground shows the construction of the east and west hallowing walls, the central duct and main beam.

Date

1955

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_072

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

140,2Mo (2,3Mo) / 69,7cm x 50,4cm / 8235 x 5949 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building England religious country tower religion construction site British cathedral English church Christianity building site location century Britain B&W fifties west midlands 1950s Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 20th century Coventry Coventry Cathedral decade TGN photograph Basil Spence Spence Basil Sir Basil Urwin Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc