Hermes Crescent, Manor Farm, Coventry
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Hermes Crescent, Manor Farm, Coventry
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 11 Nov 2023
Hermes Crescent consists of a single curving road branching off into small streets of houses on footpaths, with garages and road access on separate spurs. This is the Radburn model of housing estate design, developed in the USA from 1929, and widely used in Coventry council housing estates of the 1960s. Hermes Crescent dates from this period and formed part of Manor Farm Phase 3, together with the tower block on Caradoc Close, visible in the distance (see Image]). The Crescent later fell on evil times, and pictures of boarded-up and burnt-out houses are not hard to find online. In the late 2010s it was 'regenerated' with extensive investment. Windows were replaced and insulating cladding fitted. See Jeremy & Caroline Gould, Coventry: The Making of a modern city 1939-73, pp93-98, at the Historic England site https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/coventry-making-of-modern-city-1939-73/#:~:text=This%20book%20aims%20to%20inform,Coventry's%20remarkable%20post%2Dwar%20heritage.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.426331
Longitude
-1.460604