Old Cathedral of St Michael Coventry, England
Listed Building Data
Old Cathedral of St Michael has been designated a Grade I listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.
- List Entry ID
- 1076651
- Listing Type
- listed building
- Grade
- I
- Date Listed
- 5 February 1955
- Name
- RUINED CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
- Location
- RUINED CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL
- District
- Coventry
- Grid Reference
- SP 33602 78975
- Easting
- 433602.3000
- Northing
- 278974.5131
Listed Building Description
Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.
833/1/1 RUINED CATHEDRAL CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL 833/2/1 05-FEB-55
I
Among the largest medieval parish churches in England. Made a collegiate church in 1908, cathedral in 1918. Much damaged by an air raid, November 1940, leaving body of church unroofed and without arcades. Nave and chancel with aisles, 2 pairs of chapels north and south of nave aisles, 1 on south still roofed. South porch. Apsidal sanctuary with crypt. Magnificent west steeple dominating centre of city. Crypt and south porch circa 1300. West steeple 1373-94 with spire begun 1432. Church walls rebuilt 1373 - circa 1450. Stonework restored 1883-90 by J Oldrid Scott.
Listing NGR: SP3356478992
