Gardens · West Midlands
The Elephant Building
The Elephant Building — a garden in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom.
A J Paxton — CC BY-SA 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons licence
Plan your visit
- Typical visit
- 1 h–2.5 h
- Best time of year
- Spring & summer (Apr–Sep)
About
The Elephant Building is a garden of interest in england-west-midlands, United Kingdom — drawn from open-data sources for visitor reference. See the linked Wikipedia article for the full description.
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From the Wikipedia article
The Elephant Building is part of a leisure complex in Coventry city centre, England. It was intended to extend the pre-existing Coventry Central Baths building, to which it is connected with an enclosed walkway (the "elephant's trunk").
Excerpt from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0. See the source article linked in Sources below.
Background
History
The main building of the leisure complex was opened in 1966, providing Coventry with the region's only Olympic-size swimming pool with seating for spectators, making it a focal point for swimming in the West Midlands. A ring road around Coventry was completed in 1972, leaving a small area of land either side of Cox Street at the end of the Coventry Baths building. The city architect's department designed a building to straddle the road, and construction started on the zinc-coated Elephant building in 1974. After construction finished in 1976, the building was opened in 1977. The main building was Grade II listed in 1997, but the Elephant itself is not listed.
Sourced from Wikipedia under CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Coordinates
- 52.4088, -1.5034
- Address
- Cox Street
- Official site
- www.theherbert.org
Sources
- wikidata: Q105834361 (CC0)
- wikipedia: The Elephant Building (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Frequently asked questions
- Where is The Elephant Building?
- The Elephant Building is in West Midlands, in the United Kingdom — coordinates 52.4088°, -1.5034°.
- Who owns The Elephant Building?
- The Elephant Building is owned by Coventry City Council.