A view of the construction site for Coventry Cathedral showing workers carrying out various tasks
- Date:
- 6 Sep 1955
- Location:
- Coventry Cathedral, Priory Street, Coventry
- Reference:
- JLP01/01/025/50
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Description
The photograph shows the erection of shutters to the baptistery windows and circular staircase, including the construction of the heavily reinforced undercroft floor slab. Joiners are working on the steel reinforcing, preparing a floor bay for concrete. The one foot six inch starter nib to the walls is concreted at the same time as the floor slab. In the foreground two joiners are fixing the circular shutter which forms the circular stair well, while the parabolic shutter forms the instrument room.
This image was catalogued as part of the Breaking New Ground Project in partnership with the John Laing Charitable Trust in 2019-20.
Content
This is part of the Volume: JLP01/01/025 Coventry Cathedral Church of St Michael; within the Series: JLP01/01 John Laing Photographic Collection Project Albums; within the Collection: JLP01 John Laing Photographic Collection
Rights
© Historic England Archive. John Laing Photographic Collection
People & Organisations
Photographer: John Laing And Son (Holdings) Ltd
Architect: Spence, Basil
Keywords
Mid 20th Century Cathedral, Construction, People At Work
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