THE ROUND HOUSE, FRINTON-ON-SEA, CO13

The Frinton Park Estate was developed from 1934 onwards and was intended as a planned residential township. It was never fully realised due to lack of public support for flat- roofed modernist houses. Now interspersed with other buildings, the estate still retains the largest group of Modern Movement houses in the country.

Recently renovated, this building was the former estate and sales office design by Oliver Hill circa 1935. It demonstrated a strong architectural statement with the striking use of the circular plan, projecting 'skirt' and the position of the building as a focal point of the model estate.

Grade II listed.

ROYAL CORINTHIAN YACHT CLUB, BURNHAM-ON-CROUCH, ESSEX

With the appearance of the bridge of a modern ship breaking through the seawall, the Royal Corinthian Yacht Club was designed by architect Joseph Emberton, considered one of Britain's most significant modernist architect during the inter-war period.

It is a steel framed structure of 3 storeys carried on a reinforced concrete platform on piles rising from the river bed. The south front has continuous glazing and cantilevered balconies with iron railings, offering wide panoramic views across the River Crouch.

Built in 1931, it is now grade II* listed.

BROOKE HOUSE, BASILDON, ESSEX

Elevated on 8 massive V-shaped concrete pylons, Brooke House is a 14 storey tower block and forms the largest structure in the new town's town centre. It was chosen to have a residential function, as opposed to commercial office space, to retain life in the town centre after the shops had closed.

Dating from 1962, it was designed by Sir Basil Spence and Anthony B Davies, chief architect and planner to Basildon Development Corporation.

Grade II listed (1998)

FREEDOM HOUSE, BASILDON

East of Brooke House is East Square, a sunken open-air public plaza accessed from Brooke House by a monumental staircase and a curved ramp. Freedom House (shown here) fronted the east side of the square and contained shops on two levels, and the north side by the Post Office building, a 5-story structure. On a wall of Freedom House is the oldest piece of public sculpture in the new town: installed in 1957, it is a wire and aluminium relief by A. J. Poole titled 'Man Aspires'.

Freedom House was a good example of the Festival of Britain style which flourished in the 1950s. Whilst the structures which define and provide access, such as the ramps, steps and pebbled retaining walls were grade 2 listed, some of these, along with Freedom House itself, have since been demolished to make way for new development.

10-20 TOWN SQUARE, BASILDON

SOUTHGATE HOUSE, TOWN SQUARE, BASILDON

47 EAST WALK, BASILDON