Derelict Copsewood Grange east of the Marconi site, Stoke, Coventry

Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 21 Nov 2015

The Spires, a residential development by Morris Homes, is taking shape around it. It was built in 1872, on the site of the plain, two-storey Copsewood House. It was home to the Moon family, perhaps from 1814. The 4th Baronet Moon died in 1979. An old OS map of 1925 shows the new Peel-Conner telephone works, later GEC, later Marconi, to the west of the house, and a golf course to the east running down to the River Sowe below Binley Bridge. Allard Way, first shown on a map of 1992, severed the golf course, which has transferred to land east of the river. My understanding is that Copsewood Grange became the social centre for Marconi's workers. It sits among some very fine mature specimen trees. At the time of writing, 2016, Kevin Croucher's 2005 photo and description Image is our only record of this major industrial site. Sources: old-maps.co.uk and David McGrory: The Illustrated History of Coventry's Suburbs: Breedon Books, 2003, ISBN 1 85983 343 8

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