Welcome!

This site is dedicated to the history of Coventry. The plan is to rebuild Coventry in a highly detailed computer model, with links back to potted histories of each building. The geographical limit of the project is confined to the city centre (City Walls/Ring Road). The project is a hobby run by me, Peter James Knight. Here’s a quick guide to the site:

• Home Page: latest posts and news of Coventry Rebuilt
• Time Machine: A 3D walkthrough of the city in development
• Histories: A potted history of each building, with searches via streets and building type
• Films & Photos: Films of Coventry Rebuilt, model images, photos/postcards of Coventry, Forgotten Faces – old portraits of people that lived in Coventry. History of the Lady Godivas 
• About Coventry Rebuilt (CBR): How the project started 
• Resources: Links to various useful historical online resources 
• Contact: If you would like to contact me

If you have any suggestions on how the site can be improved, or a history that could be told, please feel free to contact me. If you would like to use any of the images or videos please see the usage policy – if in doubt, send me a message. 

As for updates, this site will be continously updated and added to. I’m also on Facebook, YouTube and TikTok. I plan on using TikTok as a video blog, with hidden histories I discover as the project develops.

In the near future, I will be setting up a Patreon Page for a blog on how the model is developing.

I’m also keen to hear your views on AI. There is a lot of AI slop out there, and I don’t want to contribute to the slop pond. However, texturing the model is very complicated and time-consuming. That is partly why the model hasn’t been textured to date. However, AI is a very powerful tool if used correctly. The images below are AI renderings of the model of Owen Owen and Boots. It would take a long time to achieve these results if done by hand.