Charles Herbert Aslin (15 December 1893 – 18 April 1959) was a British architect. He was born in Ecclesfield, Sheffield, the son of steelworker Arthur William and Louisa Aslin and educated at Sheffield Central School and

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. During the First World War he served in the Army Pay Corps and the

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before being made a captain in the

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. After the war he was admitted to the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) as an associate, becoming a fellow in 1932. He took a post in the city architect's department in Sheffield, and in 1922 was appointed as borough engineer in Rotherham, where he designed the new municipal offices. After a few years as a lecturer at Sheffield University he became an associate of the Institution of Civil Engineers and was appointed deputy county architect of Hampshire. left, 240px, Exeter Bridge In 1929 he became the Borough Architect for Derby responsible for the planning of major changes in the layout of the town under the title of Central Improvement Plan (CIP). In that role he is credited with the design of several major buildings both within the CIP and also elsewhere in the town, including the original 1933 Bus Station, Police Station/Magistrates' Courts, Council House, Riverside Gardens,

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, Exeter Place Apartments and the former Covered Market. After the Second World War he moved to become county architect of Hertfordshire County Council, where he introduced the concept of pre-fabricated construction techniques to meet an urgent demand for new schools. Over 100 such schools were built over the next decade to his C20 pre-fabricated design. In 1945, he was elected to the council of R.I.B.A. and elected president for 1954–56. He retired in 1958 and died in Hertford in 1959. He had married Ethel Fawcett Armitage, with whom he had one daughter.

Works

, Derby (1931) *

Derby Bus Station Derby Bus Station serves the city of Derby, England. The old bus station The original bus station was the first purpose-built bus station in the United Kingdom. Designed by Charles Herbert Aslin, the Borough Architect, it opened in 1933. It wa ...

(1933, closed 2005, demolished 2006) * Derby Magistrates Court and Police Station (empty since 2004) * Derby Council House * Exeter House, Derby * Queen Street Swimming Baths, Derby

Gallery of architectural work

File:Derby 023.JPG, Council House, Derby File:Exetercourts.jpg, Magistrates' Courts, Derby File:Exeter Bridge.jpg, Exeter Bridge, Derby

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Aslin, Charles Herbert 1893 births 1959 deaths People from Sheffield 20th-century English architects Presidents of the Royal Institute of British Architects Architects from Yorkshire British Army personnel of World War I Royal Army Pay Corps soldiers Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry soldiers Royal Artillery officers Associates of the Royal Institute of British Architects Military personnel from Sheffield