2023
SP3378 : Drapers' Hall, Bayley Lane, Coventry
taken 1 year ago, near to Coventry, England
Drapers' Hall, Bayley Lane, Coventry
Grade II* Listed 1832 Neoclassical design by architects T Rickman and H W Hutchinson. The east wing was added in 1864. This building is the third Drapers’ Hall on the site. The first known building on the site was built in 1637 and torn down in the early 1770s. The replacement for that building, made of stone instead of timber, lasted 60 years when dry rot set in. The basement of the building was used as an air raid shelter for 200 people during the Second World War. The building was last used over 30 years ago and has been a magistrate’s court and church centre. Launched in 2012 and working with The Princes’ Foundation, Historic Coventry Trust carried out a £5m restoration of the building as a home for Coventry Music Service and a music and events venue that opened in November 2021. First to take the stage on the venues opening night was songwriter and broadcaster Tom Robinson.
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