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Latitude: 52.4116 / 52°24'41"N
Longitude: -1.5083 / 1°30'29"W
OS Eastings: 433544
OS Northings: 279403
OS Grid: SP335794
Mapcode National: GBR HFL.NJ
Mapcode Global: VHBWY.TN03
Plus Code: 9C4WCF6R+JM
Entry Name: Southern Block at Lady Herberts Homes
Listing Date: 25 May 2001
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1271505
English Heritage Legacy ID: 487589
ID on this website: 101271505
Location: Draper's Fields, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1
County: Coventry
Electoral Ward/Division: St Michael's
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Coventry
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): West Midlands
Church of England Parish: Coventry Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Architectural structure
This list entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 22/02/2017
This entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 29 October 2019.
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Lady Herberts Gardens
Southern Block at Lady Herberts Homes
(Formerly listed as Southern Block at Lady Herberts Homes, CHAUNTRY PLACE)
25-MAY-01
GV
II
Almshouse block of six dwellings. 1937, by Albert Herbert for Sir Alfred Herbert. Red brick with sandstone ashlar dressings and hipped Swithland slate roofs. Prominent panelled and coped brick ridge stacks. Single storey, six bays. Windows are original leaded casements, with ashlar mullions and transoms. Front has projecting centre, two bays, with two four-light windows, and beyond, on each side, a small single light. Side ranges have similar fenestration. Hip ends have single windows with transoms. Rear has three projecting porches, each with a continuous mullioned window, six lights. In each return angle, a plain Tudor arched doorway with inscribed lintel and recessed board door. Flanking each porch, a two-light window.
INTERIOR: Not inspected.
The almshouses are the major feature of a public garden dedicated to the memory of Florence Herbert, wife of Sir Alfred Herbert, died 1930.
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