The Old Coventry Cathedral was damaged by bomb runs in World War II. Rather than demolishing the ruins, and a new cathedral was built adjacent to the damaged medieval cathedral. The new building, a modernist cathedral designed by Basil Spence and Arup, sits beside the damaged structure, linking the ruins and the new design as one large church.https://digitalcommons.ric.edu/smolski_images/1538/thumbnail.jp
There is no other building that signifies what it means to be from Christchurch more than the Christ...
Perpendicular window tracery. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon.edu/peregph...
Christchurch Cathedral, showing original porch and entrance pillars, conserved after Cyclone Tracy a...
The Old Coventry Cathedral was damaged by bomb runs in World War II. Rather than demolishing the rui...
This 1968 photograph shows the recently completed modern Coventry Cathedral beside the ruins of the ...
Architecture at its best is incarnate equilibration; even more so in Coventry Cathedral where the ru...
In November 1940, German bombers destroyed much of the city centre of Coventry and reduced the city’...
Looking down at the nave towards the east end. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital....
Looking towards the west, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Looking towards the east, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Looking towards the east, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Stonemason Jock Forbes created this wooden cross from two burned beams that had once held the roof o...
Remains of the north transept, interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Remains of south aisle wall. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon.edu/peregpho...
To mark the 50th anniversary in 2012 of the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral after its destruction b...
There is no other building that signifies what it means to be from Christchurch more than the Christ...
Perpendicular window tracery. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon.edu/peregph...
Christchurch Cathedral, showing original porch and entrance pillars, conserved after Cyclone Tracy a...
The Old Coventry Cathedral was damaged by bomb runs in World War II. Rather than demolishing the rui...
This 1968 photograph shows the recently completed modern Coventry Cathedral beside the ruins of the ...
Architecture at its best is incarnate equilibration; even more so in Coventry Cathedral where the ru...
In November 1940, German bombers destroyed much of the city centre of Coventry and reduced the city’...
Looking down at the nave towards the east end. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital....
Looking towards the west, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Looking towards the east, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Looking towards the east, nave interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Stonemason Jock Forbes created this wooden cross from two burned beams that had once held the roof o...
Remains of the north transept, interior. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon....
Remains of south aisle wall. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon.edu/peregpho...
To mark the 50th anniversary in 2012 of the rebuilding of Coventry Cathedral after its destruction b...
There is no other building that signifies what it means to be from Christchurch more than the Christ...
Perpendicular window tracery. Destroyed in 1940, the ruins remain.https://digital.kenyon.edu/peregph...
Christchurch Cathedral, showing original porch and entrance pillars, conserved after Cyclone Tracy a...