On 4th Feb 2017 7:17pm, flapdoodle said:
I wandered up to the section that's used by Pargetters today. There's a strange paved square there with a monument on it.
Do you mean this watch tower?
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Tue 7th Feb 2017 9:03am
This report today suggests that there could be remains of a mediaeval tower
It also acknowledges that only TWO gates remain
On 4th Feb 2017 7:17pm, flapdoodle said:
I wandered up to the section that's used by Pargetters today. There's a strange paved square there with a monument on it.
Do you mean this watch tower? |
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Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:03am
Swanswell Gate - c1900 and 2010
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Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:21am
Cook Street Gate - c1900 and 2004
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Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:28am
Cook Street Gate - c1900 and 2010
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Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:31am
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NeilsYard
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Tue 28th Feb 2017 3:59pm
Agreed - great shots Cliff |
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coventry49
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Tue 28th Feb 2017 5:06pm
I wonder who decided to add the castellated tops? |
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Helen F
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Tue 28th Feb 2017 5:37pm
In the 21st century, they probably wouldn't re-crenellate them but at the time it wasn't considered wrong to try and repair things to an earlier appearance. They weren't repaired to the exact original style but the work probably protected them from further deterioration. It seems to have coincided with the creation of the Lady Herbert garden. Whether it was to protect them or to make them look more romantic I don't know. |
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Annewiggy
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Tue 28th Feb 2017 8:15pm
Looking through the newspaper archives again there are 1914 pictures with no battlements on Cook Street Gate, and a 1934 picture with them. I did find an article though in a 1918 Coventry Standard which discusses the battlements and they mention a sepia drawing from the end of the 17th century which shows it with battlements. |
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Tue 28th Feb 2017 8:35pm
On this page, Rob states " . . . looking at the top of both of these gates, you may notice that the battlements have been added in recent times. This was done around 1931-32 when a second session of restoration took place and the gardens were built. Photographs from 1910 show Cook Street gate with a flat open top, whilst Swanswell gate had a sloping "house-like" roof where it had been used, firstly as a cottage, and then a shop in the 1800s." |
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Thu 9th Mar 2017 5:54pm
On 3rd Feb 2017 6:51pm, NeilsYard said:
Looks like part of the city wall has been uncovered whilst they dig up Cox Street car park! - Telegraph
Managed to photograph it today
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Fri 10th Mar 2017 3:48am
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NeilsYard
Coventry |
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Fri 1st Sep 2017 10:10pm
Rob and all - after perusing your great City Wall guide on the site I've realised that theres several areas of the City Wall that are still present that I've not really got close to before. As we approach Autumn - does anyone else fancy doing a tour 'walk' of whats left following Robs guide? |
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Wed 6th Sep 2017 9:23pm
City Wall Tour
There's an organised tour tomorrow and Friday for the Heritage. It a pre book so it might be a bit late to join. |
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Wed 1st Nov 2017 7:15pm
Cook Street Gate
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