Sujet

St John the Baptist's Church, Fleet Street, Bablake, Coventry, 1941. Creator: George Bernard Mason.

Légende

St John the Baptist's Church, Fleet Street, Bablake, Coventry, 1941. St John the Baptist's Church viewed from the south east showing windows boarded as a result of bomb damage. During the Coventry Blitz St John's, Bablake suffered bomb damage to its windows and roof. In this view a ladder can be seen providing access to the roof of the south chancel aisle. A notice giving directions to the nearest ARP Shelter (Air Raid Precaution Shelter) can be seen on the street light in the left foreground.

Date

1941

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Historic England Archive

Notre référence

HRM21B16_039

Model release

Non

Property release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

69,4Mo (3,4Mo) / 47,2cm x 36,8cm / 5580 x 4347 (300dpi)

Mots clés

exterior outdoors building England religious architecture country religion British English church medieval Christian Christianity war location century Britain wartime concept B&W 1940s warfare west midlands Forties bombed World War II World War two WWII bombing black & white black and white B W mediaeval Middle Ages world war 2 20th century air raid Blitz aerial warfare bomb damage church tower Coventry decade Home Front Second World War St John the Baptist's Church TGN WW2 outside photograph Listed Building 2nd World War Grade I George Bernard Mason Mason George Bernard Historic England