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Coventry Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Michael (Coventry Cathedral) is a Church of England cathedral in Coventry. The ruined shell of the 14th–15th century Gothic St Michael's stands beside the modern Hollington sandstone cathedral designed by Basil Spence and consecrated in 1962; together they form a single site emphasising both the wartime destruction and post-war rebuilding.
First raised
1300
Its prime
1962
Today
Partial ruin
As it stood in 1962
What Coventry Cathedral looked like in its prime.
A juxtaposition of a ruined 14th–15th century red sandstone Gothic church — its surviving tower and pierced window tracery rising as a tall spire — beside a 20th-century Hollington sandstone cathedral with flat roof, angular concrete entrance columns and a vertical chequerboard concrete frame for a huge stained-glass baptistry window. Bronze sculpture is mounted on the new exterior walls; the scale ranges from the 284 ft medieval spire to the low modern roof punctuated by a 26 m flèche.
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11 places to explore in 1962.
The record describes 11 distinct spots at Coventry Cathedral, including 8 interiors: ruins: altar wall with 'father forgive' (interior), great west window / screen of saints (entrance), new cathedral nave looking east and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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