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Colchester Street, COVENTRY, CV1 5NS

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/ .

In Charles Street Hillfields and dating from 1840. Appears to be undergoing building work at present.

19th Century housing in Vine Street. The plaque on the house in the centre of photo reads Alma Cottage.

On the corner of Alma Street, right, is The Foresters public house. Raglan Street takes its name from Lord Raglan, a British commander in the Crimean War who won the battle of Alma, 1854; the street was presumably laid out soon after.

19th Century housing in Vine Street.

19th Century housing in Charles Street. Nos 1 - 3, in the centre of the photo, are grade II listed - see www.historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076638. In the background is Thomas King House, a 17 storey block of flats completed in 1968.

Shops in Victoria Street.

One of a number of similarly-styled tower blocks dotted about the northern fringes of Coventry, standing like sentries as if to provide early warning of incursions by Nuneaton or Hinckley. They are distinguished by projecting white concrete bands and closely resemble designs by City Architect, Arthur Ling. Built by him or his successor, Terence Gregory, in the early-mid 1960s. This one was about to be refurbished, including renewing interiors and the roof.