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Roseberry Avenue flats, viewed from underneath Samuel Hayward House
This is a view of three-storey blocks of flats on Roseberry Avenue, on the Bell Green estate in Coventry, seen from underneath Samuel Hayward House in Riley Square
Image The flats face towards Riley Square and the road and back onto the open green spaces of the Sowe Valley floodplain. Modern Bell Green was built by Coventry Corporation in the 1950s and 60s to the designs of the city architect Donald Gibson and his successor Arthur Ling.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 7 Apr 2023
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Flats either side of Roseberry Avenue, Bell Green, north Coventry
Samuel Hayward House is on the left. The view is from the turning for the Riley Square car parks
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Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 2 Oct 2016
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Council flats, Roseberry Avenue, Bell Green
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 25 May 2010
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Samuel Hayward House, Roseberry Avenue, Bell Green
Council flats, part of the Riley Square development.
Image: © John Brightley
Taken: 25 May 2010
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View under Samuel Hayward House of Riley Square and Alice Arnold House
This is a view underneath Samuel Hayward House
Image], where it straddles the south-eastern entrance to Riley Square on pilotis or pillars. In the far distance, across the shopping precinct, can be seen a similar block of council flats over shops, Alice Arnold House. It is named after the first woman to become mayor of Coventry, in 1937. Born into poverty in the city workhouse, Arnold worked in factories from the age of 11, became a trade union organiser, then an independent Labour councillor on the city council; see Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_Arnold_(mayor) .
To the left, behind the parked cars, is the base of the 17-storey housing block Dewis House. To the right is a supermarket building, now occupied by Farmfoods, with a Polish food shop beyond. It was built by Sainsburys in 1969 and occupied by them for twenty years; see the Sainsburys Archive site, which includes historic photos of Riley Square https://sainsburyarchive.org.uk/catalogue/search/branch/ref/p1127-coventry-bell-green-riley-square-1969-1989-sainsburys-branch/view_as/list . For more on Riley Square see
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Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 25 Mar 2023
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The Samuel Hayward Day Centre, Riley Square, Bell Green, north Coventry
Dewis House, the centrepiece of Riley Square, is in the background. The view is from Roseberry Avenue.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 2 Oct 2016
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Access to car parks, Riley Square, Bell Green, north Coventry
A turning off Roseberry Avenue. On the right is the corner of Samuel Hayward House flats, with the corner of Dewis House, a multistorey block of flats, centre.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 2 Oct 2016
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Walkway by Farm Foods, Riley Square, Bell Green, north Coventry
Flats on Roseberry Avenue are just behind the camera. The tower block, Dewis House, is on the left.
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 11 Jul 2016
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Coventry Bell Green
Dewis House Tower Block in Riley Square.
Image: © Ian Rob
Taken: 26 Jul 2013
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Form follows function ? exterior staircase, Riley Square, Bell Green, north Coventry
Image: © Robin Stott
Taken: 11 Jul 2016
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