2021

SP3379 : The Broadgate Standard

taken 3 years ago, near to Coventry, England

The Broadgate Standard
The Broadgate Standard
The Historic England Listing – Grade II – states:
“The Broadgate Standard, or Elephant Mast, was erected in March 1948 to commemorate the Civic and Saving for Reconstruction exhibition. The mast was intended to celebrate the skill of those involved in reconstructing the city centre and was erected as a symbol of Coventry’s regeneration following the war. The mast incorporates the city’s coat of arms and displays an elephant supporting Coventry Castle on its back Link . The elephant was seen to symbolise strength and was therefore envisioned to be illustrative of Coventry’s industrial strength following the destruction of the war.”

It thus pre-dated all the new buildings forming the precincts. Mercia House forms the backdrop.
Listed Buildings and Structures

Listed buildings and structures are officially designated as being of special architectural, historical or cultural significance. There are over half a million listed structures in the United Kingdom, covered by around 375,000 listings.
Listed status is more commonly associated with buildings or groups of buildings, however it can cover many other structures, including bridges, headstones, steps, ponds, monuments, walls, phone boxes, wrecks, parks, and heritage sites, and in more recent times a road crossing (Abbey Road) and graffiti art (Banksy 'Spy-booth') have been included.

In England and Wales there are three main listing designations;
Grade I (2.5%) - exceptional interest, sometimes considered to be internationally important.
Grade II* (5.5%) - particularly important buildings of more than special interest.
Grade II (92%) - nationally important and of special interest.

There are also locally listed structures (at the discretion of local authorities) using A, B and C designations.

In Scotland three classifications are also used but the criteria are different. There are around 47,500 Listed buildings.
Category A (8%)- generally equivalent to Grade I and II* in England and Wales
Category B (51%)- this appears generally to cover the ground of Grade II, recognising national importance.
Category C (41%)- buildings of local importance, probably with some overlap with English Grade II.

In Northern Ireland the criteria are similar to Scotland, but the classifications are:
Grade A (2.3%)
Grade B+ (4.7%)
Grade B (93%)

Read more at Wikipedia LinkExternal link

Mercia House

16 storey residential block above shops. Architect: Coventry City Architect's Dept. Builder: Lavender MacMillan Ltd. Date: 1967. (Source: 'Coventry New Architecture' G Lewison, R Billingham 1969)


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Geographical Context: Historic sites and artefacts Public buildings and spaces City, Town centre other tags: Flagstaff Pedestrian Precinct Grade II Listed Click a tag, to view other nearby images.
This photo is linked from: Automatic Clusters: · Coventry [1281] · Building [357] · City [337] · Centre [302] Other Photos: · The Broadgate Standard – the elephant ·
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Alan Murray-Rust   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Thursday, 23 September, 2021   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 3 October, 2021
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3337 7901 [10m precision]
WGS84: 52:24.4850N 1:30.6528W
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OSGB36: geotagged! SP 3341 7901
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