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Luscombe Road, COVENTRY, CV2 1AP

The turning on the right is Logan Road. The chimney probably belongs to Broad Park House. A report from 2019 explains that the Centre there provides short breaks for young disabled children https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/coventry-news/short-breaks-disabled-children-set-17333222

Typicalof the surrounding area, on Widdecombe Close off Henley Road.

On this estate most of the roads are named after Devon towns and villages. Chudleigh Road is a named footpath.

On this estate most of the roads are named after Devon towns and villages. The view is across Henley Road.

Houses on Woodway Walk can be seen from the green space of the Potters Green corridor. The Woodway Lane estate of council housing at Henley Green was built in 1962-4 by the Midlands Housing Consortium to designs by Fred Lloyd Roche, who had worked under Arthur Ling, the city architect of Coventry. For more information, see the Historic England e-publication Coventry: The making of a modern city 1939-73 by Jeremy Gould & Caroline Gould, pp93-96 https://historicengland.org.uk/images-books/publications/coventry-making-of-modern-city-1939-73/coventry-making-of-modern-city-1939-73/ . The estate, like many in Coventry, was built on the Radburn system, named after the New Jersey town where it was pioneered in 1929. In this design, houses front onto traffic-free paths connected by greens, while garages are provided in cul-de-sac roads nearby. The Goulds comment that, "The houses drew consistent praise from the architectural press for their design and economy. The tenants criticised the poor soundproofing, lack of storage, tiny gardens and inadequate heating but their children were happy playing on the roads leaving the traffic-free greens almost unused."

Leafy Henley Road east of the junction with Broad Park Road. To the right is a block of 12 flats, Wyatt House.

Across the road is Manor Farmhouse, a Grade II listed early 17th-century farmhouse https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076611?section=official-list-entry OpenStreetMap shows it as Manor 'Farmyard' and garden but nothing about it can be found. It should not be confused with a restaurant in Earlsdon. Manor Farm gives its name to an entire housing estate in this area.

It is a Grade II listed early 17th-century farmhouse https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1076611?section=official-list-entry It has given its name to an entire housing estate. It is clearly in use but its use is not known. Open Street Map shows it as Manor 'farmyard' and garden. Historic England shows it as Manor Farm Cottages.

On the left is the boundary to Manor Farmhouse Image The turning on the right is Broad Park Road Image

These housing blocks form part of the Manor Farm estate, designed by Coventry City Architect Donald Gibson and his team: see Image