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Detail of the east window by W.T.Carter Shapland c1955.
St George's is a fine church by N.F.Cachemaille-Day in the western suburbs of Coventry, and this 1938 building is a little known gem. A sturdy brick exterior with a low steeple on a robust tower concealing a light and airy rendered interior within. The most impressive space is the baptistry under the tower with a tapering font colour, all decked in pale blue and white, the dominant colours inside apart from the vibrant post-war east window by W.T.Carter-Shapland.
I'd failed to get inside previously after my supposedly shrewd end-of-Sunday-service arrival was foiled by a baptism, so I was pleased to find the church open for a few hours on Wednesday afternoons whilst their adjoining cafe is in operation. It is also now illustrated in the newly released revised Pevsner for Warwickshire.
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Detail of the east window by W.T.Carter Shapland c1955.
St George's is a fine church by N.F.Cachemaille-Day in the western suburbs of Coventry, and this 1938 building is a little known gem. A sturdy brick exterior with a low steeple on a robust tower concealing a light and airy rendered interior within. The most impressive space is the baptistry under the tower with a tapering font colour, all decked in pale blue and white, the dominant colours inside apart from the vibrant post-war east window by W.T.Carter-Shapland.
I'd failed to get inside previously after my supposedly shrewd end-of-Sunday-service arrival was foiled by a baptism, so I was pleased to find the church open for a few hours on Wednesday afternoons whilst their adjoining cafe is in operation. It is also now illustrated in the newly released revised Pevsner for Warwickshire.