IMAGES TAKEN NEAR TO
Birmingham Road, COVENTRY, CV5 9AL
Introduction
This page details the photographs taken nearby to Birmingham Road, CV5 9AL by members of the Geograph project.
The Geograph project started in 2005 with the aim of publishing, organising and preserving representative images for every square kilometre of Great Britain, Ireland and the Isle of Man.
There are currently over 7.5m images from over14,400 individuals and you can help contribute to the project by visiting https://www.geograph.org.uk
Image Map
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Notes
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- The higher the marker number, the further away the image location is from the centre of the postcode.
Image Listing (16 Images Found)
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Image
Details
Distance
1
Pickford Brook and the A45
Pickford Brook is in the depression; the A45 is just this side of the skyline. The large hotel on the right is a landmark when driving into Coventry from Birmingham.
Image: © John Winterbottom
Taken: 28 Dec 2005
0.02 miles
2
HPL Building, Allesley
This factory with a fine art deco frontage greets travellers approaching Coventry along the A45 from Birmingham. It dates from the late 1930s, according to the Heritage Gateway site https://www.heritagegateway.org.uk/Gateway/Results_Single.aspx?uid=MCT6355&resourceID=1029 and is locally listed; see the Coventry City Council site https://www.coventry.gov.uk/downloads/file/17245/local_list_of_buildings_of_architectural_or_historic_interest.pdf . It was built for Triumph, the motorcycle manufacturers, for their service division, and was known as the 'Model Garage', according to Dave Gleed, who worked there and is quoted by Our Warwickshire https://www.ourwarwickshire.org.uk/content/article/old-standard-triumph-buildings : "I loved my job, working with a great bunch of lads. It was like being in the army again, a band of brothers. I mean, you spend more time with them than with your wives."
On reflection, I think the style is more art moderne than art deco, like the Tollgate pub not far away on Holyhead Road in Allesley - a sleek, streamlined style for the new motor roads of the 1930s. The strong horizontal lines, curved corners and glass bricks all suggest art moderne; see the Architectural Styles blog https://architecturestyles.org/art-deco/ .
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 15 Oct 2023
0.08 miles
3
Triangulation pillar near Allesley
At height 135m. Plate reads BSM 3425. Mellowing gently.
Image: © E Gammie
Taken: 7 Feb 2007
0.20 miles
4
The Gables, Triangulation Point
Accessed from a footpath on the Brownshill Green Lane, featured with a very recent coat of paint.
Image: © Anthony Vosper
Taken: 29 Oct 2009
0.20 miles
5
The Windmill Best Western
The golf course attached to the Best Western hotel.
Image: © Peter Mackenzie
Taken: 30 May 2019
0.21 miles
8
Quality Hotel, Allesley
Situated on the Birmingham Road on the western approach to Coventry, this building has a 1930s appearance, with a pair of Dutch gables and two pairs of gate piers topped with prancing horses. The A45 bypass, which runs past it, was built at this time.
Image: © A J Paxton
Taken: 15 Oct 2023
0.23 miles
9
The Quality Hotel, Birmingham Road, Allesley
Image: © habiloid
Taken: 28 Mar 2011
0.23 miles
10
Footpath junction at Allesley
Two footpaths; one runs between Allesley and Pickford, the one to the left heads off to Alton Hall Farm.
Image: © Richard Law
Taken: 14 Apr 2011
0.23 miles