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Hans Price made a significant addition to Weston-super-Mare Town Hall. Hans Price (1835–1912) was the architect responsible for much of the development of Weston-super-Mare, in North Somerset, England, during the Victorian era. [1]
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Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE (6 June 1889 – 3 September 1968) was a British provincial architect [1] of the 20th Century. Howitt is chiefly remembered for designing prominent public buildings, such as the Council House and Processional Way in Nottingham, Baskerville House in Birmingham (first phase of the unrealised Civic Centre scheme), Newport Civic Centre, and several Odeon cinemas (such as ...
Over a three-year period the Heritage Action Zone [56] aimed to boost economic growth and researched Weston's heritage and urban development, by reviewing Weston's listed buildings, using aerial photographs, undertaking a historic characterisation of Weston-super-Mare, its land and sea environs [57] and a report on the architecture of the town ...
Weston-super-Mare is the busiest RNLI station on the south side of the Bristol Channel; in 2011 its two lifeboats were called out 42 times. [63] Historically, the largest number of people rescued at one time was on 22 September 1884 when 40 passengers were taken off the SS Welsh Prince which got into difficulties after leaving the pier.
In January 2015, North Somerset Council agreed to sell Weston-super-Mare's Winter Gardens Pavilion to Weston College for the nominal fee of £1. [9] The sale was part of the council's plan to regenerate Weston-super-Mare's town centre and the college intend to turn the 1989 extension into a law and professional services academy.
The present home of Weston Museum is the former industrial premises of the Weston Gaslight Company. [1] It is a Grade II listed building. [11] [7] It was designed and built by local architects Hans Fowler Price and William Jane in 1912 to house the company's stores and distribution workshops, incorporating an existing stable yard in its construction.
Victoria Methodist Church is a Methodist church in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, England.The original church of 1899-1900 was destroyed by fire in 1934. It was replaced by the current church, which was designed by Fry, Paterson and Jones of Weston-super-Mare and built in 1935-36.