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Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry: the steps and entrance porch with the bronze sculpture of 'St Michael subduing the Devil'

RIBA Ref No RIBA10454
Architect/DesignerEpstein, Sir Jacob (1880-1959)
Spence, Sir Basil (1907-1976)
Artist/Photographerde Mare, Eric (1910-2002)
CountryUK: England
CityCoventry
Subject Date1962
Image Date1960
ViewExterior
StyleModern Movement
MediumNegative
Library ReferenceEDMN461
OrientationPortrait
Colour InfoBlack and white
CreditEric de Mare / RIBA Collections
SubjectEntrances ; Concrete ; Canopies ; Bronze ; Cathedrals ; Sculpture
NOTES: The bronze sculpture of 'St Michael subduing the Devil' was executed by Jacob Epstein in 1958.
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NOTES: In 1930 Sir Edwin Lutyens was commissioned to design the second Roman Catholic cathedral to contrast with the Gothic Revival Anglican cathedral of Giles Gilbert Scott being erected on the other end of Hope Street from 1904. Construction on Lutyens's massive structure began in 1933 but was suspended in 1941 due to wartime restrictions. Work recommenced on the crypt in 1956 and it was completed in 1958. Thereafter Lutyens's design was considered onerously expensive and was abandoned with only the crypt complete.
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