Auteur: Amanda Slater
Beschrijving:
The Coventry Canal Basin sits in an elevated position terraced into the hillside just to the north of the City Centre ring road. The basin locality contains the highest density of historic canal-side structures within the proposed Conservation Area and includes the Leicester Row Warehouses, the Weighbridge Office, the Coal Vaults, and the Canal House along with the Draper’s Field Bridge. The only significant loss from the group is the Coventry Canal Company offices that would have stood at the top of Bishop Street, but which were demolished to allow for the construction of the ring road in the late 1950s.
The distinctiveness of the Canal Basin topography can be ascribed to the cut-and-fill earthmoving operation that was required for its construction. The slope to the north was cut away, creating an upper terrace retained by the brick wall which contains the coal vaults. Some of the earth was re-deposited down slope to extend the terminus of the canal which explains why the canal sits above the level of the neighbouring ring road
Thomas Yeoman House and John Sinclair House were built in the 1990s as part of a regeneration scheme for the basin. Both buildings are of brown brick and designed in a vernacular / industrial style and blend in well with the scale of the original canal buildings and make good use of the changes in level around the basin to add visual interest. The more recent block added in 2004 in a contemporary style is less successful because of its size and the materials used. The scale of the Canal Basin buildings is in stark contrast to the neighbouring high rise blocks that surround the basin. The historic and modern buildings along with good quality paving and street furniture combine well to give the basin a pleasant feeling of enclosure with views along the canal closed by the Draper’s Field Bridge. The views looking out of the basin area to the west are less attractive with poor quality 1960s buildings along St Nicholas Street and St Columba’s Close with the exception of the historic Admiral Codrington public house. There is, however, a very important vista of the City Centre and the spires from the basin entrance on St Nicholas Street.
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