Worcester, The Guildhall 1936
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Incredibly, the Guildhall only narrowly escaped demolition in the 1870s, when Alfred Waterhouse (architect of Manchester Town Hall) presented a plan for its replacement. Waterhouse's rival, Sir George Gilbert Scott, wrote to the town clerk in protest and his letter was published in the magazine 'The Builder'. He suggested the Guildhall's demolition would gain Worcester “a most unenviable notoriety”. His letter helped to save it and in 1878 a decision was made to restore the building to a plan proposed by Scott and city architect Henry Rowe. Later, in the 1960s, Worcester's redevelopment did earn it the notoriety foreseen by Scott.
An extract from Worcester Photographic Memories.
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