St John the Baptist, Westwood Heath
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St John the Baptist, Westwood Heath
Image: © E Gammie Taken: 19 Sep 2015
The church, also known as Westwood Church, was constructed in 1842-3 by George Gilbert Scott and William Bonython Moffat and is of stone from a quarry near Gibbet Hill which was in the estate of Lord Leigh, who endowed the church. It originally served a rural population in dispersed hamlets, most of which have now been absorbed into the western part of Coventry. The parish was divided in the 1960s to cope with the increase in urban population. The single-storey sandstone church rooms extension to the left was constructed in 1966 with additions in the 1970s. As usual, the obligatory yew tree stands in the churchyard.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.383866
Longitude
-1.571827