Holy Trinity, Coventry.
Grade l listed.
Looking east from the crossing.
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Holy Trinity, Coventry.
East Window, 1955.
By Ninian Comper (1864-1960).
Detail.
Sir John Ninian Comper (1864-1960) was a celebrated church architect and furnisher of the Gothic Revival. He was born in Aberdeen in 1864, the son of John Comper, who was an adherent of the Oxford Movement and ordained into the Scottish Episcopal Church. This Anglo-Catholic influence was important, and is clear in Comper's adherence to Gothic. He worked in the offices of Charles Eamer Kempe and Bodley & Garner before establishing his own practice in the late 1880s, initially with William Bucknall (1851-1944). Almost all of his work was ecclesiastical. His trademark strawberry monogram can be found on many of his stained glass windows.
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The Quadrant, Warwick Road, Coventry, 1855.
By James Murray (1831-1863).
Grade ll listed.
Coventry's finest example of terraced housing for the prosperous middle-classes of that era. The neo-classic terrace is built in six individual sections each with its own variation in design.
Angela Brazil Children's writer lived and worked here 1911-1947.
Angela Brazil (1868-1947) is not a name familiar to most people, but she was a literary trailblazer for more than 40 years. Her ‘schoolgirl fiction’ moved away from the Victorian ideal of teaching moral principles and ethics to young girls, and simply entertained the reader.
She paved the way for many authors, including Elinor Brent-Dyer and Enid Blyton. Angela grew up as the youngest of four siblings, in a house with a strict Victorian father but a liberal-minded mother. Angela was encouraged, by her mother, to pursue interests like literature and music, and she enrolled in a local private school for ladies. This type of upbringing was uncommon in the late Victorian era, and gave Angela a common bond with the generation that came after her. She wrote about her own school experiences in My Own Schooldays.
She began writing at the age of 10 for a local magazine but it was her schoolgirl novels that eventually earned her fame. She wrote stories from the viewpoint of the pupils, usually girls around the age of 14, who attended small picturesque schools housed in lavish manors, surrounded by moats, or built on hilltops. The schools usually had around two to four dozen students; just enough to create a good cast of characters sharing the same customs and slang.
Brazil’s timing was impeccable - society’s views about educating women were taking a definite turn. Contrary to the Victorian era, the 20th century saw an increase in education and literacy levels for girls, especially in the middle-classes. These young, educated girls created a new market of readers eager for girl-friendly versions of Tom Brown’s School Days.
Some adults were appalled by the storylines of rule-breaking and adventure with some schools banning Brazil’s work – which only made her books more popular. Brazil sold more than three million copies.
www.abebooks.co.uk/rare-books/authors/angela-brazil.shtml
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7-13 Queen Victoria Road, Coventry, late c19.
Unlisted.
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Holy Trinity, Coventry.
South Chapel Window, 1933 - detail.
By Geoffrey Webb (1879-1954).
Detail - St Michael.
To the Glory of God and in Grateful Memory of Canon Reginald Basil Littlewood MA, for 17 years Vicar of this Parish who died 30th May 1929.
Geoffrey Fuller Webb (1879-1954) was the nephew of the architect Sir Aston Webb and the elder brother of Christopher Rahere Webb (1886-1966), also a stained glass artist. Geoffrey trained at Westminster School of Art before working for Charles Eamer Kempe and in partnership with Herbert Bryans for a short time. In 1914 he established his own studio in East Grinstead, Sussex. Webb's signature was a spider's web which he would incorporate into the design of his windows, often including the date.
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