Sujet

Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry, 16/06/1960. Creator: John Laing plc.

Légende

A view looking south-west over the ruins of the Cathedral Church of St Michael from the roof of the new Coventry Cathedral, showing part of the construction site in the foreground adjoining the old cathedral. Following the bombing of Coventry Cathedral in November 1940, a competition was launched in 1950 to find a design for a new cathedral. The winning design was by Sir Basil Spence (1907-1976) from one of over 200 designs submitted. Building work took place between the mid-1950s and 1962. Queen Elizabeth II laid the foundation stone on 23th March 1956.

Date

1960

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England

Notre référence

HRM21A84_218

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

112,6Mo (4,6Mo) / 44,9cm x 62,8cm / 5303 x 7420 (300dpi)

Mots clés

building England religious architecture country religion construction site scaffold scaffolding British cathedral English church ruins ruin Christianity spire building site location century Britain concept ruined B&W west midlands Sixties bombed Architectural Feature Construction Industry black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century church tower Coventry Coventry Cathedral St Michael's Cathedral TGN photograph Basil Spence Spence Basil Sir Basil Urwin Historic England John Laing plc Laing John plc