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Title
Leveling Stone
Date
1946
Medium
green slate, Hopton wood stone edge & bronze plate
Measurements
H 267 x W 270 x D (?) cm (E)
Accession number
CV1_TS_S122
Work type
Sign or marker
Owner
Coventry City Council
Custodian
Coventry City Council
Work status
extant
Listing status
Grade II (England and Wales)
Unveiling date
8th June 1946
Listing date
23/03/18
Access
at all times
Inscription description
inscription reads: THIS STONE / COMMEMORATING THE OFFICIAL INAUGURATION / OF THE REBUILDING OF COVENTRY AFTER THE / ENEMY ATTACKS OF 1940–1942 / WAS LAID BY / COUNCILLOR JOHN CHARLES GORDON / MAYOR OF COVENTRY / 8 JUNE 1946. MAYOR / COUNCILLOR J. C. GORDON / DEPUTY MAYOR COUNCILLOR G. BRIGGS.; the inscription continues around the perimeter of the stone: THIS LEVELLING STONE IN THE CENTRE OF THE WAR DAMAGED AREA WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A GUIDE TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS 1945–1946; this is then followed by the names of the members of The City Redevelopment Committee; the inscription concludes: THE LEVELLING STONE WAS PRESENTED / BY THE RT HON LORD KENILWORTH / MEMBER OF THE CITY COUNCIL 1923–1926. THE CITY REDEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE / CHAIRMAN COUNCILLOR A. ROBERT GRINDLAY / VICE CHAIRMAN ALDERMAN GEORGE E. HODGKINSON.