Or visit the city’s thriving independent shopping scene which bustles obliviously above a network of over 800 sandstone caves, carved out in the Dark Ages. Our. The interior has had several make-overs which have worked well. The building was badly damaged a year or two ago and has still not been repaired. Most of the buildings in the Lace Market, true temples to commerce, have been converted – some more successfully than others - and given a new lease of life. It is such a shame. It is also of historical importance. The grounds are superbly kept and stunning, The house is a. with an informative guide who knew her history and engaged her group with questions to draw us in. T C Hine again, and especially the Birkin Building. He designed over 100 buildings all of which are instantly recognisable. Two are existing businesses, Page 45 and the Dental Care Centre, and the other two are currently vacant and … When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Set on sloping ground at the fork of King and Queen Streets only an architect of very great ability could have pulled it off. Featured in Historic England’s report ‘Buildings in the Broadmarsh Area of Nottingham’, 6-12 Carrington Street is a 1920’s building in the Beaux-Arts classical style. See more ideas about nottingham, historic buildings, nottingham city. Watson Fothergill who changed his name from Fothergill Watson was by far Nottingham’s most distinctive as well as eccentric Victorian architect. Historic England said the Howitt building in Nottingham stands as a reminder of when the firm was the world's largest bicycle manufacturer. 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This is included because it can be regarded as part of Nottingham’s built heritage as it supplied the town with clean water. 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It is beautified with Burmantofts terracotta reliefs from Leeds and originally a shaft of light ran straight through the building from top to bottom, illuminating the ground floor office, a surprisingly modern concept. And the winner is… This has to be Nottingham’s best example of Victorian architecture. Nottingham has reason to be grateful to the priest (later bishop) Robert Willson for commissioning A W N Pugin, the most important architect of the Gothic Revival, to build Nottingham’s Roman Catholic cathedral.