Greyfriars steeple and The Wave waterpark, Coventry

Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 27 Feb 2021

Greyfriars steeple is a survivor of the medieval Franciscan friary of Coventry, suppressed in 1538 during the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII. The tower and spire, which survived, were incorporated into a Church of England parish church, Christ Church, completed in 1832. It was destroyed in an air raid in 1941. The new Christ Church was built in the suburbs, in Cheylesmore. The remains of the old church were demolished in 1950, apart from the medieval tower, which were preserved as a memorial to the war. The area in front of it was later named Dresden Place, after the twin city of Coventry in East Germany, and a plaque placed on the wall commemorating the friendship between the two destroyed and rebuilt cities. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greyfriars,_Coventry More recently a bar has been built inside the tower. The Wave is a waterpark on New Union Street, which opened in 2019.

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