Proposed Marine Pier and Pavilion. Llandudno

In 1896 application was made for power to construct a second pier and other works at Llandudno. The pier was intended  to commence on the north side of the promenade between Penrhyn Crescent and East Parade, opposite Riviere's Concert Hall and extending seawards in a northerly direction for 400 yards and was to include “all proper landing stages, landing places, lamps, lamp posts, tramways, roads, footpaths, sheds, toll houses, toll bars or gates, cranes, hydraulic lifts, buoys, moorings, sewers drains and other connected works and conveniences.” In addition power was sought to erect on or near the pier saloons, pavilions, assembly, waiting refreshment, reading and other rooms, shops, bazaars, kiosks, aquaria, lavatories, baths and other conveniences. By May 1899 the Company were ready to commence work and issued their Prospectus in early June.

At the annual meeting of the Llandudno Victoria Pier Company, Limited, last week, a contract with Messrs. Heenan and Froude was approved and sealed for the construction of a pier at Llandudno at a cost of £90,000. The pier will be 40 feet wide, and will be carried seawards from the centre of the bay, a distance of 350 yards.[Building News 26 May 1899 Page 730]

By 1902, the Company had still made little progress and were forced to apply for an extension of time for both the commencement and completion of the pier (London Gazette 28 November 1902 Page 8299). In 1913 the Llandudno Victoria Pier Company Limited was struck off the Register of Joint Stock Companies and thus formally dissolved (London Gazette 29 August 1913 6158)

Reference    Building News 26 May 1899 Page 730
Reference    Manchester Guardian Tuesday 6 June 1899 Page 1 Column 4 (Prospectus) J D Harker, company architect.
Reference    London Gazette 20 November 1896