inauguration plaque in De La Warr Pavilion

            The De La Warr Pavilion faces the sea in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex.  Built in 1935 in the modernist (similar to Art Deco) style and designed by architects Erich Mendelsohn and Serge Chermayeff, the De La Warr Pavilion was originally used as a public entertainment hall; it is now an arts centre.

The typeface used on the plaque is Gill Sans, which was relatively new at the time (having been created by Eric Gill in 1926, and released commercially in 1928).  It would no doubt have chimed with the modernist feel of the building.

The building's name comes from the 9th Earl De La Warr, Herbrand Sackville, who commissioned the building when he was Mayor of Bexhill.  He is a descendant of Thomas West, the 3rd Baron De La Warr, after whom the bay, river and state of Delaware in the United States were named.

Taken in: United Kingdom / England / Bexhill-on-sea (show map)

Taken on: July 13, 2012

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modernist

plaque

De La Warr Pavilion

art deco

Erich Mendelsohn

Serge Chermayeff

1935

Bexhill

Bexhill on Sea

Sussex

East Sussex

Gill Sans « less

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