Coventry Cathedral was designed by Basil Spence with engineers Arup. The article names no client and says the Coventry Cathedral Reconstruction Committee commissioned only the baptistry window. The foundation stone was laid in 1956, and the cathedral was consecrated in 1962.
The article calls the style regional modern, built in Hollington sandstone beside the bombed medieval St Michael's ruins, which are Grade I listed. The old spire is 285 feet (87 m) tall. The new flèche is given as 24 m in one place and 26 m in another. The infobox lists two previous cathedrals, but the text says the city has had three.
Britten's War Requiem premiered there in 1962. A Hutton window pane was smashed in a 2020 burglary, and another was cracked in 2026. It is the seat of the Bishop of Coventry, with Sunday services and arts and reconciliation work. The article gives no hours.
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