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Latitude: 52.4123 / 52°24'44"N
Longitude: -1.5923 / 1°35'32"W
OS Eastings: 427825
OS Northings: 279440
OS Grid: SP278794
Mapcode National: GBR 5KL.L8L
Mapcode Global: VHBWX.CM1M
Plus Code: 9C4WCC65+W3
Entry Name: Workshop and Science Block to North of Main Block at Woodlands School
Listing Date: 30 March 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1226681
English Heritage Legacy ID: 218634
ID on this website: 101226681
Location: Hockley, Coventry, West Midlands, CV5
County: Coventry
Electoral Ward/Division: Woodlands
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Coventry
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: Tile Hill St Oswald
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: School building
COVENTRY BROAD LANE. WEST MIDLANDS COVENTRY C.B. Workshop and Science Block to SP 27NE N. of Main Block at Woodlands 833/21/10005 School.
GV II
School building. 1952-57. Designed by the City Architects Department with the Ministry of Education Development Group. Built using Hills 3'4" system, comprising a steel frame with precast concrete panels. Flat roof; prominent roof slab. Irregular block of five storeys with single storey blocks to east and west. Much glazing, in horizontal bands. Painted metal framed windows; plate glass. Three projecting balconies to south face.
An integral part of Woodlands School complex, with Main Block, Arts and Crafts block, Gymnasium block, block of two further gymnasia, three further Teaching blocks and five House blocks and cycle store to the east (qv).
Woodlands School was an experimental design project, and an early purpose-built comprehensive school.
A. Saint, Towards a Social Architecture. N. Pevsner and A. Wedgwood, BoE: Warwickshire.
Listing NGR: SP2782579440
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