Campaign group SAVE Britain’s Heritage hopes the author’s bicentenary next year, and Coventry’s upcoming city of culture status can kickstart a restoration projectHeritage campaigners are battling to restore the Coventry home of one of Britain’s greatest authors to its former glory, as the city prepares to become UK city of culture in 2021.In its Victorian heyday, Bird Grove in Coventry was a two-storey town house with whitewashed walls and grand staircases, and was considered a classic of its genre. It was also home to a young Mary Ann Evans, better known by her pen name, George Eliot. Continue reading…
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