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4 unusual facts about Thomas Cecil Howitt


Baskerville House

T. Cecil Howitt of Nottingham was asked to design the first building, which was to become Baskerville House.

Nottingham Conference Centre

It was designed by Thomas Cecil Howitt, the most prolific and versatile Nottingham architect of the first half of the 20th Century, and one of the most prominent provincial English architects of his generation.

Thomas Cecil Howitt

Staythorpe 'A' Power Station, near Newark, Notts (from 1946) - awarded RIBA Bronze Medal 1953, now demolished

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 Weston-super-Mare and Bristol).



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