SP3379 : Walking down to the Upper Precinct from Broadgate, Coventry
taken 9 years ago, near to Coventry, England
Walking down to the Upper Precinct from Broadgate, Coventry
The octagonal pillars are clad in Hornton stone, aka Marlstone Rock, an iron-rich limestone from the Middle Jurassic, quarried on Edge Hill. The Cathedral Lanes shopping centre languishes in the background while the spire of the ruined cathedral sets up a historical context.
The building that this mosaic SP3379 : Mosaic detail in Cov Centre. decorates was originally the Locarno ballroom, hence the jolly design. The artist was Fred Millet.