High rise Hillfields, seen from Kildale Close
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High rise Hillfields, seen from Kildale Close
Image: © A J Paxton Taken: 6 Jan 2024
During the 1960s redevelopment of Hillfields, a war-damaged 19th century industrial district, thirteen high rise housing blocks were built by the city of Coventry. Some have since been demolished; these are two of the survivors, with some more recent low-rise housing in the foreground. The block on the right is Hillfields House on Yardley Street, with 52 homes on ten floors. It was built by Wimpey in 1960-61 to designs by the Coventry city architect's department under Arthur Ling https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/yardley-street . On the left is Thomas King House on Wellington Street, with 128 dwellings on 17 storeys, built 1967-8 by British Lift Slab, to designs by the same team, by then led by Terence Gregory. https://www.towerblock.eca.ed.ac.uk/development/wellington-street . Both links are to the Edinburgh University Tower Block site. For more on Hillfields, see the Coventry Society https://www.coventrysociety.org.uk/coventry-neighbourhoods/hillfields/ .
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Image Location
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52.412338
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-1.498587