Description

COVENTRY BROAD LANE/JOB'S LANE
WEST MIDLANDS
COVENTRY C.B. Limbrick Wood
School (Infants
SP 27NE block)
833/21/10014

GV II

Primary school (infants block). 1951-52. Ministry of
Education and Coventry City Architects Department. Aluminium
frame and corrugated aluminium panel construction, based on
the Bristol Aeroplane Company's school building system but
adapted to a grid plan. Low pitched roofs. Irregular
picturesque grouping with central double height assembly hall
with dining area and 3 pairs of lower classrooms opening from
it in three projecting limbs. School offices in smaller
projecting limb. Classrooms grouped so as to form open court-
yards around the perimeter. Large strip windows with
aluminium frames and painted aluminium panels below. A
prototype school which developed the BAC's system to give it
greater flexibility in its plan. (See also juniors block).

A. Saint, Towards a Social Architecture.

Listing NGR: SP2874879112

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26341639

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Recommended Books

• 
  Specifications for Building Conservation: Volume 1: External Structure: Practical Examples v. 2
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook 2 Books Bundle Collection (Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair,Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990