Guide explores architectural gems

Alexandra Wood

HULL’S architectural gems are being given a fresh airing in a world-famous series of guides.

“Hull”, the 11th in the series of Pevsner city guides, written by a local husband and wife team, the historians Drs David and Susan Neave, will be launched at Holy Trinity Church on Tuesday.

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A total of 10 pages in the new book are devoted to Holy Trinity Church, which dates back to about 1300 and was where the abolitionist William Wilberforce was baptised.

The guide explores the Old Town with its medieval churches, 17th and 18th century merchants’ houses and Victorian and Edwardian commercial and public buildings, as well as its waterfront and new developments like the Deep. Excursions include the city’s suburbs as well as Beverley.

Nikolaus Pevsner, the world-renowned art and architectural historian who came to England from Germany in the 1930s, first created a series of 46 county-by-county guides to English architecture.

Since his death, work has continued on the series, which has been extended to cover the rest of the UK. English Heritage funded the guide to help promote the city’s heritage.

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