Oliver Hill (1886-1968) was the lead designer on the Frinton Park Estate project, in which 200 acres of land was bought by the South Coast Property Investment Company, with a view to designing a new, modernist resort. Born in Kensington to a Scottish family, Hill began his career in the Arts & Crafts movement, and worked as an apprentice to Edwin Lutyens. In the 1930s, his interests shifted towards modernism, and in 1932 he designed a house in Surrey for Wilfred Greene. One of Hill’s most notable projects was the Midland Hotel in Morecambe, built in the Streamline Moderne style in 1933. He also completed a number of residential projects in London, as well as the Newbury Park bus shelter in Ilford and the British pavilion at the Paris Expo, 1937.