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Leyes Lane, KENILWORTH, CV8 2DD

This machine is parked in Leyes Lane a few metres from its junction with Windy Arbor. Part of the surface had already been removed and more was about to be scraped off.

Leyes Lane had been closed from the junction with Windy Arbour to the junction with Dencer Drive. The surface was being stripped off in areas where it had deteriorated and new tarmac was then laid. This shows the lorry collecting the old surface material.

large parts of the road had been closed to allow resurfacing work to take place. The area here just outside the school gates had been kept clear to allow access through Keeling Rd , the road going off on the left.

As at many secondary school sites, buildings have proliferated. Here there is a sports centre. The school is home to an Air Training Corps and a county music centre. Photo number 7566679.

View up Leyes Lane towards the junction with Windy Arbour from close to the junction with Keeling Road. The right hand part of the carriageway had been stripped off as part of the work to repair damaged areas such as the pot hole visible in the left foreground.

The school was originally built in 1963 as Kenilworth Grammar School with a Secondary Modern School Abbey High School next door to it. When all schools were made comprehensive, the two schools were merged. This only shows the part that was the Grammar School.

The sculpture over the Upper School entrance is 'Growth' commissioned for the school and executed by Walter Ritchie in 1965.

The sculpture above the entrance doors was crafted by Walter Ritchie - see Image]

For context see Image 'Growth' is made of aluminium and was installed in 1965. It 'combines simplified figurative elements with semi-abstract biomorphic forms and musical notation against a slate architectural background..The central motif is that of a cell dividing and reproducing itself...The musical notation comes from Beethoven's Missa Solemnis. There is a male figure sitting at the joystick control of an invisible craft. He signifies man's ambitions to explore the limits. The horse symbolises the beneficial power of nature when harnessed to man's endeavour.. (details from 'Public Sculpture of Coventry, Warwickshire and Solihull, by George Noszlopy (Liverpool University Press, 2003))

View of the western end of Leyes Lane which runs from the northern end of Windy Arbour to Glasshouse Lane. There are several schools situated on this road. The junction visible at the top of the road is where Leyes Lane, Windy Arbour, Park Hill and Whitemoor Rd all meet