Typicoi?ile '\' ~ . ~ ~ rx .,; ~ ~j ~ "{ cross ties, _plJS +., ~I Ii N . ; : 1~ '. oagiru, ties.rus ~/ ox.al srn. .1::!> v~ 1 1 • ,... ♦ t compos1te~$1:e l1""""e5o'\. I I \C>':,'°i: -~- -·-=--• _ _._:,k, • ___ ...._ -- -~____,,,_ - - _ __,..._,.,_~- - "\.. ---~- __ ,_ -~ ..._,,__,,._,,__-"'---'~ ,, :. v•· • rigi'~;-~ br~c,~~:~hi ....---1,: _ _,,.,. ,- -·- • , ~~ / - ~ .. ~ ,. below. strengthedbracingnow evident ~ _;:·~~/ ,,' :-,:·~- ,'//~·:::. .• ~,-.ft .....,.-~-- ,. ~ , ,,,,,. ---<»..r"--~ ~ ~ -~ • ~ -- _-::-~ / :~~~/: 7. ,-_~7 / -~ p,."" /' ... ; -~ ~/. f, _..:., .. ::, ;✓ ., ,.; ;~:-~. /. -~ \.'(it)\'!'- _;<, , 1;-f --: // ,/· .'., ', ,,/f // • :P.;,··v • Left Pionof screw tip looking d01vn /i'., • r , •,":'. '••ll-fi:;;• 1•;,,,_''.:, Left: Cockain, Robinson and Moss. UIA ideas competition, 1987. Aerial view : ;' /:·,. '".,:~/ showing new building on entrance platform. Nore how imporranr Regency Square and \l1csr Pier arc to each orher. unsightly gaps beyond new boarding dull the effect of this restoration, even negate it, and the pier has never looked so forlorn. Eleven years ago it had all its marbles. Regency Square, a period piece, was a three sided scoop, the pier beyond its discharged cornucopia of goodies all wrapped up in blinding white. Is it still worth a visit? Yes, it is. The hollow of the square and the thrust of the pier, central and beyond, are still bound /· Right: Construcrional sketches (existing pier). together with a tension that is un- Foundation tubes in cast iron were diminished. The two can still be adjudged screwed into the shifting shingle both indivisible rownscape elements, with a above and below water level. Similar tubes splendid linking monument. were bolted to these foundations tO form You can wander around and study the the columns you see in profusion before sub-structure of the pier unhindered. you from this vantage point. Most columns are still serviceable but gir- The simple but clever device of attachders of purer metal have suffered. Look ing screw turns to the tip of the pile only, across the divide at lower promenade level allowed the tube to be wobbled plumb as it and compare newly bitumen blackened descended. It also cut down on the effort ones with older equivalents, now eaten required to overcome frictional resistance away. to turning and, best of all it allowed an Below: Sketch of Concert Hall looking up from beach. Still all rhcrc in 1986. Right: North cast kiosk in 1866. Spindly legs arc now covered wirh shingle up ro cross ties. ' .,.: :.- - --~-: .. / ~ •... ,--- .... -~·-'-¥-·•.·~- ~·--=-::..:.~~::: :ONTEXT 29 23
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