Basic Site Details
| Name: | City Plan, Hull |
| City or county: | Yorkshire East Riding |
| Country: | England |
| Parish: | |
| Status: | |
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| Notes: | Patrick Abercrombie was first invited to visit Hull in February 1942. By December 1942, Lutyens and Abercrombie had 'accepted the invitation of Hull Corporation ... to advise on the replanning of the city.' The final proposals were published in 1945 as 'A plan for the City and County of Kingston upon Hull.' Derek Plumstead, who has worked on the Plymouth plan with Abercrombie, became involved after the death of Lutyens in 1944. |
Building Type Classification
| The building is classified under the following categories: | |||
| Classification | Original classification? | Notes | |
 | Urban planning | ||
Events
| The following date-based events are associated with this building: | ||||
| From | To | Event type | Notes | |
| 1942 | 1945 | Scheme prepared for re-planning the city | |
People
Design and Construction
| The following individuals or organisations have carried out design/construction work. Where architects or practices worked together, matching letters appear beside their names in the Partnership Group column. | ||||||
| Name | Role | Partnership Group | From | To | Notes | |
| (Sir) Leslie Patrick Abercrombie (or Patrick Abercrombie) | 1942 | 1945 | |||
| Edwin Landseer Lutyens | 1942 | 1944 | |||
| Derek Ward Plumstead | 1944 | 1945 | Described by Abercrombie as 'resident planner' for the Hull plan. | ||
Clients
| The following individuals or organisations have commissioned work on this building/design: | ||
| Name | Notes | |
| Hull Corporation | |
References
Bibliographic References
| The following books contain references to this building: | ||||||
| Author(s) | Date | Title | Part | Publisher | Notes | |
| Latham, Peter J, Lilley, Keith D | 2001 | Planning the `City of Tomorrow' British Reconstruction Planning, 1939-1952: | |||