cathidaw
16-09-2011, 01:32 AM
How do they get away with it?
Coventry Charterhouse, given to the people of Coventry by Colonel Wyley in 1940 for their perpetual use and leisure, the fields of which he called one of the 'city's lungs' is now up for sale.
From the road no-one can see the building, only the boarded up side surrounded by debris.It should be used by and opened up to the public, perhaps as a small museum / exhibition centre / tearoon.
After leaving part of this ancient historic building to rot for years, only using parts of it for theirown offices , they have decided to sell, and it is not theirs to sell.
Whats the betting that Bluecoat school which caused all the controversy last year,wanting to rent the fields against much opposition,get their way and have it for their own use and not allow public access at all.
Coventry council have done it again.
This once beautiful building, along with the Old Grammar school in Hales street, and the Whitefriars Monastery, possibly almost the only places left from the City Council'scarnage over the years which are worth preserving, will be soon history in a different sense....Gone.
Many cities would have cherishd these buildings, restored and used them properly allowing the public to use,see and value theirown heritage .
Instead, what do we have?
A boarded up Charterhouse, a Monastry which is closed to the public, and which no-one could get to,, and an ancient Grammar school, the biggest eyesore in the city centre.
The excuse for the Grammar School is that it does not belong to the council so they cant touch it. It hasn't stopped them in the past from slapping a compulsory purchase order on anything they wanted.
So intent on spending money now, they are going ahead with the new Jerde initiative,the money from which would more than coverthe city's deficit, rather than modernising what we already have. The money spent on that project would easily have covered all the cuts in vital services for Coventry.
We are told that it is for the future, but I often wonder -- people are suffering now.
So what about now.
Coventry Charterhouse, given to the people of Coventry by Colonel Wyley in 1940 for their perpetual use and leisure, the fields of which he called one of the 'city's lungs' is now up for sale.
From the road no-one can see the building, only the boarded up side surrounded by debris.It should be used by and opened up to the public, perhaps as a small museum / exhibition centre / tearoon.
After leaving part of this ancient historic building to rot for years, only using parts of it for theirown offices , they have decided to sell, and it is not theirs to sell.
Whats the betting that Bluecoat school which caused all the controversy last year,wanting to rent the fields against much opposition,get their way and have it for their own use and not allow public access at all.
Coventry council have done it again.
This once beautiful building, along with the Old Grammar school in Hales street, and the Whitefriars Monastery, possibly almost the only places left from the City Council'scarnage over the years which are worth preserving, will be soon history in a different sense....Gone.
Many cities would have cherishd these buildings, restored and used them properly allowing the public to use,see and value theirown heritage .
Instead, what do we have?
A boarded up Charterhouse, a Monastry which is closed to the public, and which no-one could get to,, and an ancient Grammar school, the biggest eyesore in the city centre.
The excuse for the Grammar School is that it does not belong to the council so they cant touch it. It hasn't stopped them in the past from slapping a compulsory purchase order on anything they wanted.
So intent on spending money now, they are going ahead with the new Jerde initiative,the money from which would more than coverthe city's deficit, rather than modernising what we already have. The money spent on that project would easily have covered all the cuts in vital services for Coventry.
We are told that it is for the future, but I often wonder -- people are suffering now.
So what about now.