With Paul Dickson This 1 hour 45 minutes walking tour in Cromer looks at architect George Skipper’s legacy in the Norfolk seaside town. He worked on projects in Cromer from the late 1880s through to the 1930s. Skipper designed seven hotels, notably the Hotel de Paris, overlooking Cromer Pier and the Cliftonville and Sandcliff on…
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Walking tour: Boardman & Skipper in Norwich
With Paul Dickson This two-hour guided walking tour celebrates the architectural legacy of the great Norwich architects Edward Boardman and George Skipper. Boardman was active in Norwich from 1860 to 1900 and was heavily involved in the development of Victorian Norwich. His work can be seen in hospitals, factories, offices, and chapels that demonstrate the…
Walking tour: Great Yarmouth medieval town wall and towers
With Paul Kings (architect at Kings & Dunne Architects), Lenko Grigorov, Darren Barker (managing director of Great Yarmouth Preservation Trust) and Stephen Heywood (architectural historian) The tour will present the medieval town wall and towers of Great Yarmouth. Architectural historian Stephen Heywood will share some of his latest research and observations. Darren Barker, director of…
Walking tour: 21st Century Norwich
With Jon Boon, architect at Jon Boon Architects and Chair of the Norwich Society This tour by Jon Boon will take you around Norwich’s well-known 21st Century architecture. The tour will start at Potters House Church, as prominent building at the corner of Dereham Road and Goldsmith Street, home to the Stirling Prize winning social…
Building tour: Great Yarmouth Winter Gardens
With Faye Davies, Stacy Cosham and Rachel Daniel Faye Davies, RIBA Registered Specialist Conservation Architect and Managing Director of Burrell Foley Fischer, is leading the restoration of the Grade II* Listed Winter Gardens in Great Yarmouth. Designed by architects John Watson and William Harvey, the Winter Gardens were first built in Torquay between 1878 and…