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Latitude: 52.4123 / 52°24'44"N
Longitude: -1.591 / 1°35'27"W
OS Eastings: 427916
OS Northings: 279441
OS Grid: SP279794
Mapcode National: GBR 5KL.LLG
Mapcode Global: VHBWX.CMRM
Plus Code: 9C4WCC65+WH
Entry Name: House Block to East of Linked Teaching and Gymnasium Blocks, at Woodlands School
Listing Date: 30 March 1993
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1265707
English Heritage Legacy ID: 218640
ID on this website: 101265707
Location: Upper Eastern Green, 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: House
COVENTRY BROAD LANE. WEST MIDLANDS COVENTRY C.B. House block to E. of linked Teaching SP 27NE and Gymnasium 833/21/10011 Blocks, at Woodlands 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 'L' shaped block of one and two storeys. Much glazing, in horizontal bands. Painted metal framed windows; plate glass.
An integral part of Woodlands School complex, with Main Block, Workshop and science block, Arts and Crafts block, Gymnasium block, block of two further gymnasia, three further Teaching blocks and four further 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: SP2791679441
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