Proposed Pier Llandudno

This material is held atGwasanaeth Archifau Conwy / Conwy Archive Service

  • Reference
    • GB 2008 CMP71/2172
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1875 Nov
  • Physical Description
    • 1 item

Scope and Content

Plan and Section

Brunlees and McKerrow Engineers.

Parliament, Mostyn Estate and the Improvement Commissioners approved the design on 29th May 1876.

"The pier was designed by James Brunlees, in collaboration with the engineer Charles McKerrow, and was built by the contractor John Dixon...between the approval of this design and the completion of the pier in August 1877, the architects Charles Driver and Charles H. Rew were employed...to consult on the design" (Dobraszczyk, P., 2014, Iron, Ornament and Architecture in Victorian Britain. Myth and Modernity, Excess and Enchantment. Routledge, Abingdon. pp. 148-149.).