Cold chips and soggy cones.. snapper on mission to capture iconic buildings

They were the places to hide from the rain with a soggy fish supper or a melted ice cream cone.

Some of them were pretty, others more practical, but the country’s beach shelters were part of a day at the seaside.

Photographer Will Scott, inspired by the shelter near his childhood home in North Berwick, has now pictured more than 50 shelters, some which have fallen into disrepair.

The dad of two said: “I grew up by the sea and used to holiday on the British coast, so taking refuge in shelters from the battering wind and rain is still a vivid memory. It was this nostalgia that drove the project.

“I started with places on the south coast but then branched further afield and covered the length and breadth of the British Isles, including Scotland and Wales. I f inished off in North Berwick, which I felt was apt.

“My aim was not to catalogue all of them, more to pick out a good selection which capture the different styles and eras.

“Many are quite rundown and ramshackle but they still have charm and character, and a beauty in them, despite being di lapidated and unloved.” The building of seaside shelters coincided with the boom of beach holidays in the Victorian- era as Brits took advantage of the developing railway networks to flock to the seaside. of when the shelters were built or who built them but they are all unique and they’ve been an important and much- loved part of Britain’s coastal landscape.

“There are a few architectural master pieces l ike the one in Broadstairs, Kent, which has an ornate clock, tower and wind vane.

“The shelter in Frinton- on- Sea in Essex is beautifully Art Deco, with its red tile roof and bell-shaped silhouette.

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