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Stanley Davenport Adshead (1868–1946) was an English architect. Born in

Bowdon, Cheshire Bowdon is a suburb and electoral ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. History Within the boundaries of the historic county of Cheshire, both Bowdon and Dunham Massey are mentioned in the Domesday Book, citi ...

and raised in Buxton,

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, Adshead trained in Manchester and London before establishing an independent practice in London in 1898. His early work included a survey and plans for the development of

Kennington Kennington is a district in south London, England. It is mainly within the London Borough of Lambeth, running along the boundary with the London Borough of Southwark, a boundary which can be discerned from the early medieval period between the ...

, London, for the

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. In 1912 he was appointed Lever Professor of Civic Design at Liverpool University, and in September 1914 he became the first Professor of Town Planning at University College, London. His published works include ''York: A plan for progress and preservation.'' He died in 1946 in New Forest,

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. His only daughter was

Mary Adshead Mary Adshead (15 February 1904 - 3 September 1995) was an English painter, muralist, illustrator and designer. Biography Adshead was born in Bloomsbury, London, the only child of Stanley Davenport Adshead, architect, watercolourist, and Profes ...

, a prominent painter, illustrator and designer. He designed various entertainment buildings for seaside resorts, including: * Royal Victoria Pavilion, Ramsgate (1903). After being closed for several years, it was bought by

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and refurbished. * Worthing Lido (1925) * Pavilion Theatre,

Worthing Pier Worthing Pier is a public pleasure pier in Worthing, West Sussex, England. Designed by Sir Robert Rawlinson, it was opened on 12 April 1862 and remains open to the public. The pier originally was a simple promenade deck long and wide. In 1888 t ...

(1926) * Victoria Pier's third pavilion (1934). In the process of demolition in 2018. Original murals by Mary Adshead are being salvaged. * A large-scale redevelopment of

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was planned by the Scarborough Corporation in 1938, to designs by Adshead, although this was cancelled following the outbreak of WWII.

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* * 1868 births 1946 deaths Architects from Derbyshire Academics of the University of Liverpool Academics of University College London People from Buxton {{England-architect-stub