Sam Scorer’s Lincoln
Sam Scorer’s Lincoln
Friday 27 March to Sunday 29 March 2026
Start time/place: 5.30pm/Minerva Building (LN6 7TS)
Finish time/place: 12.30pm/Lincoln Cathedral (LN2 1PX)
Sam Scorer (1923-2003) was a local architect of national importance and a pioneer of the hyperbolic paraboloid roof.
Friday evening features a lecture on the life of Sam Scorer from Karolina Szynalska McAleavey of the Lincoln School of Architecture and the Built Environment at the University of Lincoln. The lecture will be delivered in Room 1 of the Minerva Building (RMJM, 1996) and an optional group meal will take place afterwards at a nearby restaurant in Scorer’s Lincolnshire Motor Company showroom (1960-61).
Saturday begins by boarding a 1974 Leyland Leopard for a vintage coach tour of the most significant Scorer structures in and around Lincoln. The coach will make stops at the architect’s former home and gallery, the Grade-II listed Markham Moor services (1959-60), the Grade-II* listed St John the Baptist (1963) with stunning glass by Keith New, and Damon’s diner (1987-88) and motel (1993). There will also be a stop to view the Keith New glass in the George Pace chancel of 1964-66 at Branston.
Sunday morning there will be group visits to the ‘Eduardo Paolozzi: General Dynamic F.U.N.’ exhibition (opens 14 March) at the Usher Gallery (Reginald Blomfield, 1926-27) and to Lincoln Cathedral to see the 1959 murals by Duncan Grant.
Ticket price includes Saturday group lunch, vintage coach transport and entry to Lincoln Cathedral.
Andrew Jackson is a former C20 Society trustee and is Co-Chair of Civic Voice, the national charity for the civic movement in England.
C20 Members’ price: £170
Non-members’ price: £190
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Image: Markham Moor Petrol Station, UK (1959-60) by Sam Scorer