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Arnhem Corner, COVENTRY, CV3 3AZ

There is a small depot behind for the Homeworks housing repairs team. The scrubby woodland at the back has developed in recent years. From the 1930s to the 1970s the land is shown on old maps as a market garden and later as a nursery. This office may be the building that appears around 1980. A view from the west is Image Whitefriars Housing is a registered social landlord, Coventry's largest. It is part of the WM Housing Group: https://www.wmhousing.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/documents-corporate-groupstructure-group-structure-chart.pdf

Built in 1957 and designed by Basil Spence along with two other neighbourhood churches in Coventry. The rear of the church is seen in Image A number 60 bus heads for Arena Park in the north of the city. Photographed in the late afternoon of a bright day in early October.

The Church of St John the Divine is one of three commissioned in 1954 from Basil Spence for the Coventry suburbs. They were funded by money the diocese received from the War Damages Commission for the destruction of one inner city church. Spence went on to design the new Coventry Cathedral which used some of the ideas developed here. This view shows the western gable end which incorporates a cross formed from steel beams. The building is grade II listed.

The front of the church, built in 1957 and designed by Basil Spence, is seen here: Image Thanks to Alan Paxton for information in Image

This Anglican church was built in 1957 and was one of three parish churches in the city designed by Basil Spence, the architect of the new Cathedral.

The rear of the church, showing the relationship to the free-standing belltower. The church was built in 1957 and is one of three neighbourhood churches designed by Basil Spence, architect of the new cathedral. The church is seen from the other direction in Image

St John's church was designed by Basil Spence (who went on to design the new Coventry Cathedral) and built between 1954 and 1957 to serve a new housing estate. The tower of the grade II listed building is certainly distinctive but whether it is a thing of beauty is a matter of opinion.

The sign also says 'Part of YMCA Coventry and Warwickshire' https://ymca-cw.org.uk Another sign further along says 'Willenhall Older People's Office' with the logo of Coventry City Council (CCC) Social Services but no building to go with it. Maps of the 1950s show small dwellings here on previously open land – prefabs? In the 1980s and 1990s a building here is 'District Centre' and further along is another labelled 'Clinic'. However, behind the camera is a newer brick building identified as CCC Social Services, and in the village is the new facility seen in Image, so there's been a move around.

The church was built in 1957 and is one of three neighbourhood churches in Coventry designed by Basil Spence, architect of the new cathedral. Another view is Image