page_title: Sam Scorer
section_title: Architectural Work by Scorer
hierarchical_section_title: Sam Scorer / Architectural Work by Scorer
caption_attribution_description: English: Sam Scorer Gallery,Drury Lane, Lincoln
context_page_description: Hugh Segar "Sam" Scorer FRSA was an architect who worked in Lincoln, England and was a leading pioneer in the development of hyperbolic paraboloid roof structures using concrete. He also was involved in architectural conservation and research into the work of local 19th-century architects, as well as creating an art gallery in Lincoln, now known as the Sam Scorer Gallery.
context_section_description: William Farr Church of England Comprehensive School (1952) Welton
  Lacey Gardens Junior School (1953) Louth.
  House and Summerhouse for E. W. Scorer (1955) Lincoln
  Gibraltar Hill (1955) Lincoln. His own house.
  Extension to the Gartree Secondary Modern School (1956 and 1960) Tattershall, Lincolnshire.
  Scunthorpe Steelworks. Laboratory for Richard Thomas and Baldwins (1958) Redbourn Works.  Described by Pevsner and Harris as "an interesting structure with fifteen concrete mushroom pillars. Hence the roof comes down in lobes"  This included murals and designs for Plyglass panels by Tony Bartl. The building appears to have been demolished by 1989.
  Riddings Comprehensive School (1958), Scunthorpe. The classroom block linked by a vestibule to the dining room and gym. The kitchen and ancillary rooms are screened by an effective, very heavily rusticated or embossed wall. A tall watertower provides vertical emphasis
  Petrol Station (1959–60) Markham Moor, on A1
  Lincolnshire Motor Company Showrooms (1959–61), Brayford Pool, Lincoln. Later from about 1974 Lincolnshire Libraries headquarters and store. Now restaurants.
  St John the Baptist (1963), Ermine Estate, Lincoln
  Lindum House, Montagu Road, Canwick. Converted into a house for Peter and Kari Wright, in 1969- 70. Described as a "former Command Post, barely visible from the kerbside, nestling within an undulating 0.4-acre plot. Only its distinctive triangular ecclesiastical spire window peaks above the horizon. Internally the property has an expansive principal 31 ft (approx) reception room, kitchen/breakfast room, four bedrooms and bathroom".
  Barclay's Bank (1968–70).  Corner of the High Street with the Corn Hill, Lincoln.  Tinted glass facades. By Bright of Clarke Hall, Scorer and Bright.
  Lucy Tower car-park (1973-4), Brayford Pool, Lincoln
  Sports Centre (1974), North Hykeham, Lincoln
  The Welding Institute, (1975) Abington, Cambridgeshire. Probably the Richard Weck building on Granta Park, a steel and plate glass structure with internal and external murals by Tony Bartl. This may have been recently demolished (2012-2014), as, despite being in a conservation area, its significance was not appreciated.
   
  Waterside House (1978-9), Waterside North, Lincoln. Environment Agency Building. Red brick on a concrete frame, with recessed mortar joints, detailed with curves and chamfers
  1980s Designed two houses on Spring Hill, Lincoln for the building contractor, Richard Lucas Ltd.
  Southern Outfall Pumping Station (1987) Cleethorpes
  Damon's Restaurant (1987-8) Swallowbeck on the junction with the Lincoln Western by-pass. An American burger bar. The up-turned roof structure represents ribs of beef.
  Roman Villa (1990s). House. Lincoln
  Damon's Motel (1993) Swallowbeck
  Sam Scorer Gallery, Drury Lane, Lincoln, (2000)
caption: Sam Scorer Gallery, Drury Lane, Lincoln
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