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Midland Red

16 of 249  Tue 7th Feb 2017 9:03am  

This report today suggests that there could be remains of a mediaeval tower Oh my It also acknowledges that only TWO gates remain Thumbs up
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? Thumbs up
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Midland Red

17 of 249  Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:03am  

Swanswell Gate - c1900 and 2010 Thumbs up
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Midland Red

18 of 249  Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:21am  

Cook Street Gate - c1900 and 2004 Thumbs up
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Midland Red

19 of 249  Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:28am  

Cook Street Gate - c1900 and 2010 Thumbs up
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PhiliPamInCoventry
20 of 249  Mon 27th Feb 2017 11:31am  
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NeilsYard
Coventry
21 of 249  Tue 28th Feb 2017 3:59pm  

Agreed - great shots Cliff Thumbs up
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coventry49
Budleigh Salterton, Devon
22 of 249  Tue 28th Feb 2017 5:06pm  

I wonder who decided to add the castellated tops?
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Helen F
Warrington
23 of 249  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
Tamworth
24 of 249  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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Midland Red

25 of 249  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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Midland Red

26 of 249  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 Thumbs up
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Dreamtime
27 of 249  Fri 10th Mar 2017 3:48am  
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NeilsYard
Coventry
28 of 249  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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Helen F
Warrington
29 of 249  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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Midland Red

30 of 249  Wed 1st Nov 2017 7:15pm  

Cook Street Gate
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