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Poole Road, COVENTRY, CV6 1HG

Somewhere down on the left is the site of the original Victorian parish church. In November 1940 it was completely destroyed in an air raid. Four people sheltering in the crypt were killed. The present church, completed in 1955, is behind the camera Image

Poole Road heads off from Lawrence Saunders Road.

The church was completed to "a highly original design" and consecrated in September 1955. Although somewhat altered and extended, the church has been proposed for Grade II listing by the Twentieth Century Society http://www.c20society.org.uk/ The church replaced a modest Victorian parish church, sited to the southwest, that was destroyed in an air raid in November 1940 with the loss of four lives.

It commemorates those from Radford who fought in the First World War and was given to the village in 1919 by Vernon Pugh. It was originally sited on the corner of Radford Common, at the junction with Engleton Road, seen in Image and in the distance, right http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/583290 . It was moved in the 1980s at the suggestion of the British Legion, who were concerned about the damage it was incurring, and the sometimes muddy nature of the site. Thirty years on, between St Nicholas Church and the Radford Road, the memorial is no less prone to damage.

In 1926 the Coventry Council of Baptist Churches decided to found a church in the Radford area of Coventry. In July 1931 builder W H Jones commenced construction on 2500sq yards of land purchsed from Coventry Corporation, and the total building cost was £1,263 6s 9d. Originally called Radford Baptist Church, its name was changed to Lawrence Saunders Baptist Church, as visiting speakers often had problems finding the church which is right on the edge of the Radford/Coundon area.

Observed with dropped jaw from the corner of Radford Common at the junction with Holland Road.

Houses along the road.

A photo of Wyley Road in Radford, Coventry...a popular student street.