Longford Square, looking towards the parish church of St. Thomas
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Longford Square, looking towards the parish church of St. Thomas
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 22 Oct 2020
The hamlet of Longford, three miles north of Coventry, grew rapidly in the 1860s and 1870s as coal mining and textile industries developed in the area. The church of St. Thomas opened in 1874 as a chapel of ease of Foleshill parish, but later became a Church of England parish church in its own right. The building was designed by John Cotton of Birmingham. https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076617 The three-storey building to the left has the distinctive shape of a row of ribbon weavers' houses. The large 'top shop' windows, providing light for the looms on the top floor, have been removed and smaller windows inserted, but their original size and shape can still be seen as brick infilling of a darker shade. Longford Road, which passes through the square in front of the church, is a main road between Coventry and Bedworth.
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