The Portsmouth Society - News
| News | Lionel Brett (Viscount Esher) 1913-2004 | |
| Earlier news | Lord Esher, who replanned Portsmouth City centre into its current shape:
the Guildhall Square surrounded by the mini ring road, died in 2004. The
Architects' Journal reported that he worked with Teggin and Taylor on the
Civic Offices - as well as reporting on York in 1968, one of the studies
of historic towns commissioned by the Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
He was assisted by David Lloyd, our distiguished member and author of Buildings of Portsmouth and Its Environs and Buildings of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight which is currently being revised. The Shambles in York were due for demolition, but at their suggesgtion they were converted into student accommodation above shops with the help of King's Manor – the architectural study centre of the university. |