Mercia House, The Precinct, Coventry
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Mercia House, The Precinct, Coventry
Image: © Stephen Richards Taken: 22 Aug 2011
One of a number of similarly-styled towers dotted around Coventry. Built in 1967 by Arthur Ling and Terence Gregory. It stands on axis with the city's new shopping precincts to punctuate the view from the old cathedral. Built as offices, it is now flats, and at a little over 230 feet, Coventry's tallest building. It "overlooks the first traffic-free shopping street in Europe. The whole precinct was constructed out of the rubble of historic Coventry that was bombed in World War 2." (Information from skyscrapernews.com.)
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Image Location
Latitude
52.40819
Longitude
-1.514996