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3 unusual facts about Sam Scorer


Markham Moor

Due to its unusual hyperbolic paraboloid shell roof, constructed in 1960-61 to designs by architect Hugh Segar (Sam) Scorer and structural engineer Dr Hajnal-Kónyi, there was a preservation campaign in 2004 to get the building listed to prevent it from being demolished as part of the Markham Moor junction improvement plans published by the Highways Agency.

Sam Scorer

On Lincoln's Brayford Pool a building, currently housing a Nando's, Prezzo and Handmade Burger Co. restaurants, that he designed in 1959 was originally a car showroom for the Lincolnshire Motor Company and then the music library for Lincolnshire County Council.

He served as a fighter pilot until 1945, but was invalided out of service, having attempted to land on a moving carrier in the Baltic Sea.



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