November 22nd "St George's Coundon Coventry South West View"
ST. GEORGE, Barkers Butts Lane, was dedicated in 1939. It was designed by N. F. Cachemaille-Day and built of red brick in a modern version of the Perpendicular style. It consists of nave, north aisle, Lady Chapel, west tower, and south porch. The tower, entered from the porch, has a low octagonal second stage surmounted by a spire. Internally its base forms a spacious baptistery which also serves as a vestibule to the nave.
The building replaced St. George's Hall which had been dedicated in 1929. A conventional district had been assigned to it in the same year. The parish was formed in 1935 from St. John the Baptist, Coventry, St. Nicholas, and St. Thomas, Keresley-with-Coundon, and the living, which was styled a vicarage, was then placed in the gift of the bishop.
From: 'The City of Coventry: Churches: Churches built since 1800', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick (1969), pp. 361-367. URL: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16039
November 22nd "St George's Coundon Coventry South West View"
ST. GEORGE, Barkers Butts Lane, was dedicated in 1939. It was designed by N. F. Cachemaille-Day and built of red brick in a modern version of the Perpendicular style. It consists of nave, north aisle, Lady Chapel, west tower, and south porch. The tower, entered from the porch, has a low octagonal second stage surmounted by a spire. Internally its base forms a spacious baptistery which also serves as a vestibule to the nave.
The building replaced St. George's Hall which had been dedicated in 1929. A conventional district had been assigned to it in the same year. The parish was formed in 1935 from St. John the Baptist, Coventry, St. Nicholas, and St. Thomas, Keresley-with-Coundon, and the living, which was styled a vicarage, was then placed in the gift of the bishop.
From: 'The City of Coventry: Churches: Churches built since 1800', A History of the County of Warwick: Volume 8: The City of Coventry and Borough of Warwick (1969), pp. 361-367. URL: www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=16039