Levelling Stone is a Grade II listed building in the Coventry local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 March 2018. Memorial stone. 2 related planning applications.
Levelling Stone
- WRENN ID
- empty-passage-blackthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Coventry
- Constituency
- Coventry South MP: Zarah Sultana (YP)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 March 2018
- Type
- Memorial stone
- OS grid reference
- SP 333 790
- Coordinates
- 52.40808, -1.51149
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Levelling Stone is a commemorative structure designed by Trevor Tennant and unveiled on 8 June 1946. It features a central panel made of Westmorland green slate, surrounded by Hopton Wood stone, with a bronze central plate.
The stone has an irregular outline but is symmetrical along a central line, measuring 2.67 meters by 2.7 meters. The central slate panel displays a carved, stylised phoenix rising from flames below. The bronze central plate features a target of radiating circles, and there are three smaller bronze plates set into the slab, each with central indents for positioning the legs of a theodolite.
At the eastern edge of the stone, there is a tablet with an inscription that 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, stating: "THIS LEVELLING STONE IN THE CENTRE OF THE WAR DAMAGED AREA WAS CONSTRUCTED AS A GUIDE TO THE REDEVELOPMENT OPERATIONS 1945-1946," followed by the names of the members of The City Redevelopment Committee. It concludes with: "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."
Local climate
Levelling Stone receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 64% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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