The relocated timber-framed buildings on Spon Street indicate with better town planning, and less WWII bomb damage, Coventry might be thought of as more related to Stratford (upon Avon), than the most southerly area of the West Midlands.
Iirc the bomb damage was the catalyst for redesign of urban space to allow big trucks to drop off goods to shops. Prior to this all the central streets were too narrow, similar to 'the shambles' in York.
The relocated timber-framed buildings on Spon Street indicate with better town planning, and less WWII bomb damage, Coventry might be thought of as more related to Stratford (upon Avon), than the most southerly area of the West Midlands.