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Jestico & Whiles’ plans to refurbish Smithsons’ Hunstanton school given go ahead

By 2025-09-18T11:29:00

Hunstanton school Jestico 2

Curtain wall glazing system at Grade II*-listed site to be entirely replaced

Plans by Jestico & Whiles to extensively restore and refurbish Alison and Peter Smithson’s grade II*-listed Hunstanton School have been approved by West Norfolk borough council.

Built between 1950 and 1954, the school on the west coast of Norfolk is one of the earliest surviving examples of brutalist school architecture in Britain.

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