Description: EXTRA INFOPHOTO OLD BLUE COAT SCHOOL PRIORY ROW COVENTRY THE BLUE COAT SCHOOL WAS FOUNDED IN THE 18TH CENTURY AS A CHARITY SCHOOL FOR COVENTRY GIRLS. IT OCCUPIED BUILDINGS AT THIS LOCATION WHICH ARE THOUGHT TO HAVE INCLUDED THE NORTH-WEST TOWER OF THE MEDIEVAL BENEDICTINE PRIORY CHURCH THE REST OF WHICH HAD BEEN DEMOLISHED AFTER THE SUPPRESSION OF THE MONASTERY AT THE REFORMATION. THE CURRENT BUILDING DATES FROM 1856-7 AND WAS DESIGNED BY JAMES MURRAY. THE MEDIEVAL TOWER WAS REBUILT AND IN THE COURSE OF THIS THE REMAINS OF THE WEST FRONT OF THE PRIORY CHURCH WERE DISCOVERED; SOME OF THESE WERE LEFT EXPOSED WHILE OTHER PARTS WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE CELLARS OF THE NEW BUILDING. THE ADJOINING 15TH CENTURY TIMBER-FRAMED HOUSES (SEE) WERE INCORPORATED INTO THE SCHOOL AND AN ENCLOSED STAIRCASE BUILT AT ONE END OF THEM IN TIMBER-FRAMED STYLE; THIS IS VISIBLE ON THE LEFT HAND SIDE OF THE PHOTO.THE GIRLS WERE EVACUATED FROM THE SCHOOL IN 1940. IT WAS SUBSEQUENTLY USED BY THE CITY COUNCIL AND MORE RECENTLY BY HOLY TRINITY CHURCH AS A CHURCH HALL. SEE THE HISTORIC ENGLAND SITE HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION. THE TIMBER-FRAMED HOUSES HAVE BEEN RESTORED AS HOLIDAY COTTAGES. FROM 1999 PART OF THE SITE OF THE PRIORY CHURCH WAS EXCAVATED AND THE EXCAVATED FOUNDATIONS WERE INCORPORATED INTO PRIORY PARK PART OF WHICH CAN BE SEEN IN THE FOREGROUND OF THE PHOTO BELOW THE BUILDINGS.BLUE COAT SCHOOL MOVED TO A SITE BY CHARTERHOUSE FIELDS TO THE SOUTH-EAST OF THE CITY CENTRE IN THE 1960S. IT IS NOW A CO-EDUCATIONAL CHURCH OF ENGLAND SECONDARY SCHOOL. 2021 COPYRIGHT ALAN PAXTON PHOTO PAPER THICKNESS NORMAL PHOTOGRAPH THICKNESS NOTES REF NO APVV_2186 PHOTO SIZE SIZE 6 X 4 inches CONDITION: SOME CROPPING OR WHITE LINES TOP/BOTTOM MAY OCCUR DUE TO PHOTO RATIO WATERMARK IF PRESENT ON THE IMAGE WILL NOT APPEAR ON ITEM SENT TO YOU: NOTES This is a print and supply service for an image that is copyright Alan Paxton obtained from GEOGRAPH and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic License Details of licence available here: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/
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Type: Photographs
Theme: Topographical
Sub-Theme: England
Number of Items: Single
Period: 1945 - Present
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