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Flats by Park Wood, Charter Avenue, Canley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP2877
Canley forms part of the block of land, around 20,000 acres, that Coventry... (more)
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Former Coventry Corporation housing, Pridmore Road
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3381
These council houses were the first to be built in Coventry, in 1907. More... (more)
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Maple Avenue
by Bob Harvey
geograph for square TF0917
This little close of semidetached council houses was built in the immediate... (more)
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Spon Gate House, Spon End, Coventry
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
Spon Gate House comprises 52 dwellings, flats and maisonettes, over 10 storeys.... (more)
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Former Coventry Corporation housing, Guild Road
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3381
These are some of the earliest council houses in Coventry, built by the city... (more)
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Flats and garages on Sam Gault Close, Binley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3777
This block of flats is one of four built on Bredon Avenue, part of the Ernesford... (more)
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Coventry Corporation council housing, Sheriff Avenue, Canley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP2977
These houses were built in 1940-41 to designs by the City Architect's... (more)
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Council housing, Sir Henry Parkes Road, Canley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3077
Canley was developed from 1940 as a council housing estate by Coventry... (more)
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Oak trees and steel houses in Canley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP2877
Canley has been shaped by centuries of ownership by the Stoneleigh Abbey estate,... (more)
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Spon End viewed from the Butts
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
The ancient district of Spon End, to the west of Coventry city centre, was... (more)
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Hermes Crescent, Manor Farm, Coventry
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3681
Hermes Crescent consists of a single curving road branching off into small... (more)
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Buttermere Close, Binley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3777
Buttermere Close is a street off Bredon Avenue on the Ernesford Grange estate of... (more)
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Trafalgar House and Meadow House, Spon End
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
Spon End is an ancient district to the west of Coventry city centre. Though it... (more)
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Woodway Walk, Henley Green
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3781
Houses on Woodway Walk can be seen from the green space of the Potters Green... (more)
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Prior Road, Tweedmouth
by Graham Robson
geograph for square NT9951
Looking along Prior Road, one of the main roads into Prior Park housing estate.... (more)
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Rear of semi detached houses on Lower Barresdale, Alnwick
by Graham Robson
geograph for square NU1713
A row of semi detached houses, part of a former council housing estate, face on... (more)
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Former council houses, Gressel Lane
by Christine Johnstone
geograph for square SP1587
The one in the middle has definitely been bought.
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Bungalows on Holloway Field, Radford
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3281
These look like council housing for retired people from Donald Gibson's... (more)
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Wellington Square, Spon End
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
This square surrounded by single- and two-storey houses was built in 1948-52 for... (more)
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Duplex housing, Roosevelt Drive, Tile Hill
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP2878
Donald Gibson and his team of city architects experimented with a range of forms... (more)
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Three storey flats, Bushbery Avenue, Tile Hill
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP2878
The council housing estate at Tile Hill was planned in the early 1950s by the... (more)
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Former council houses, Bankhead Avenue, Aberdeen
by Bill Harrison
for square NJ8810
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Council housing - The Quadrant
by John M
geograph for square SP8799
Similar to houses on many other 1920s estates built following the Great War.... (more)
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Former council houses, Thorney
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8572
On Main Street.
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Cavendish Road Community Centre
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6042
Now run by Gedling Homes, the housing trust set up to run the former Gedling... (more)
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Flats, Birmingham Road, Allesley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP2980
These council flats in Allesley resemble the ones built around 1950 by the... (more)
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Blocks of flats off Lyndale Road, Whoberley
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3079
This council estate in Whoberley centres on five four-storey blocks of flats,... (more)
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Hungerford Piece
by Vieve Forward
geograph for square ST9771
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Former council houses, Horton in Ribblesdale
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square SD8072
Note the pre-Worboys road signs; it seems that the B6479 once ended at this... (more)
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Church Terrace, Insch…
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ6328
...with former 1930s council houses at the end.
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Stirches Road, Hawick
by Oliver Dixon
geograph for square NT4915
High above Hawick, a former council house area dating back to the 1970s. The... (more)
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Berrywell Gardens, Dyce
by Bill Harrison
geograph for square NJ8813
Granite former council houses from the 1930s.
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Nottingham roofscape
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK5940
Classic Nottingham City Council council houses of the inter-war period, with... (more)
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Parnham's Close, Nether Broughton
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6925
1950s development of council houses. The house directly at the end is a... (more)
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Alley by Joseph Latham House, Riley Square
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3582
Joseph Latham House was never completed, leaving bricks sticking out into the... (more)
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Spon End ancient and modern
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3279
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Hawley Street flats
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK3587
Although these appear to be terraced houses, each entrance originally gave... (more)
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Twilight for Trafalgar House
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
This is one of the blocks of Trafalgar House in Spon End. It consists of two... (more)
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Kerry's House from across the River Sherbourne
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
Two blocks of Kerry's House can be seen here, their upper maisonettes... (more)
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End of the road for Kerry's House
by A J Paxton
geograph for square SP3278
Kerry's House and its neighbours Milestone House and Trafalgar House were... (more)
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Wellfield Lane, Frisby on the Wreake
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6917
Early post-war council development using prefabricated Airey Houses. The one to... (more)
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Keeton View, Main Street
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK7882
The name covers the group of semi-detached houses, presumably built as Council houses.
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Council houses on Station Road
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK8871
These probably date from the immediate post-war housing boom.
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Elderly persons' bungalows, Cavendish Road
by Alan Murray-Rust
geograph for square SK6042
Originally Gedling Borough Council housing property, now run by Gedling Homes... (more)
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Billy Riley, a reluctant carmaker
by A J Paxton
for square SP3582
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Detail of Riley Square mural, Joseph Latham House: Bell Green Road
by A J Paxton
for square SP3582
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Detail of Riley Square mural, Joseph Latham House: A New Vision
by A J Paxton
for square SP3582
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Detail of 1887 Bell Green mural, Riley Square: Road from Coventry to Leicester
by A J Paxton
for square SP3582
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Detail of Bell Green 1887 mural, Riley Square: St Laurence's church, Foleshill
by A J Paxton
for square SP3582
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Detail of Bell Green 1887 mural, Riley Square: Oxford Canal & Alexandra Colliery
by A J Paxton
for square SP3582
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