County Hotel Built with Skegness Bricks and Stone
BUILT ENTIRELY OF SKEGNESS BRICKS
1935
The resources of the Skegness Brick and Tile Manufacturing Co., whose works are situated on Burgh Road, Skegness, were called upon in connection with the contract. This concern specialises in hand-made facing bricks, which can be produced in a variety of colours, and the handsome appearance of those facades of the building which front on to the North Parade and Castleton Boulevard, Is very largely due to the well-planned distribution of these special facings. It is estimated that the total number of hand-made facings and common bricks, produced by the Skegness Brick and Tile Manufacturing Co. for use in the construction of the County Hotel, runs into nearly half -a-million.
It may be mentioned incidentally that the whole of the plumbing work and sanitary engineering was carried out by the general contractors, Messrs. W. Greetham and Son. The fact that copper piping was employed practically throughout in this connection indicates the high standard of the specification.
ARTIFICIAL STONEWORK.
The services of local sub-contractors have also been utilised in many directions. The artificial stonework, which lends such a distinctive appearance to the facade of the building, was produced by the Skegness Cast Stone Works, of Wainfleet Road, Skegness. The steel-work is by C. and A. Guttridge, of Burgh, who, it will be recalled, performed a remarkable engineering feat in raising the roof of the old Central Hall during its conversion to the present Central Cinema. The whole of the electric lighting installation has been carried out by Geo. Cooper (Electricians) Ltd., of 104, Drummond Road, Skegness.
The cement used in this building was supplied by Thos. W. Ward, Ltd., of Sheffield, who are agents for the “Ketton” Portland Cement Co., Ltd. Well-known for its uniformity of quality, and for its great strength in both tension and compression, “Ketton” cement is to be found in scores of well-known buildings, and it was these considerations which influenced its choice for the County.
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