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Low Pavement, Nottingham
Low Pavement is a short street located in Nottingham, England. It connects Castle Gate and Middle Pavement, which in turn connects to High Pavement. Notable buildings * 10, Low Pavement (Grade II listed) * 24-26, Low Pavement (Grade II* listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...) References {{coord missing, Nottinghamshire Streets in Nottingham Buildings and structures in Nottingham ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham
Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east of Sheffield and north-east of Birmingham. Nottingham has links to the legend of Robin Hood and to the lace-making, bicycle and Tobacco industry, tobacco industries. The city is also the county town of Nottinghamshire and the settlement was granted its city charter in 1897, as part of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations. Nottingham is a tourist destination; in 2018, the city received the second-highest number of overnight visitors in the Midlands and the highest number in the East Midlands. In 2020, Nottingham had an estimated population of 330,000. The wider conurbation, which includes many of the city's suburbs, has a population of 768,638. It is the largest urban area in the East Midlands and the second-largest in the Midland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Castle Gate, Nottingham
Castle Gate is an historic street in the centre of the city of Nottingham between Lister Gate and Castle Road. History The early name for the street was Frenchgate, or Franchegate ( la, Vicus Franciscus). Paving works were undertaken in 1752 at a cost of £60 (). The street is noted for its Georgian houses, many of which are listed. The street was bisected in 1958 by the construction of Maid Marian Way, resulting in the loss of several fine properties, including number 35, St Nicholas Rectory of 1886 by Watson Fothergill and number 37 which was St Nicholas’ Parish Rooms. Notable buildings *4, Castle Gate Congregational Chapel *6, Cleaves Hall, 1883 by Parry and Walker. Built as Castle Gate Schools by the Congregational Chapel *10, 12 and 12a former Lace Factory *11, Formerly the Black Lion Inn (demolished) *15, Former Warehouse and Bakery 1897 by William Dymock Pratt *17, Town House *19 Stanford House ca. 1776 *24 to 30, Castlegate House, formerly a Ministry of Transport O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
High Pavement
High Pavement is a street in Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of the earliest streets in the city, and most of its buildings are listed. History It runs from the east end of St Mary's Churchyard to Weekday Cross. Around 1681 a row of houses was constructed on the south side of St Mary's Churchyard. They existed until they were pulled down around 1792 when the street was widened. A new wall was constructed along the south side of the churchyard. In 1799, the name of a portion of the street between Short Hill and St Mary's Gate was called "St Mary's Church Side". The name didn't take and was abandoned about 1815. The Blue Coat School was located on High Pavement from 1723 to 1853. In the Georgian era, High Pavement was one of the most fashionable places to live in Nottingham. In 1819 a gas lamp was installed at the top of Drury Hill by the Nottingham Gas Light and Coke Company. Previous lighting had been by whale oil lamps. On 8am 10 August 1864, the last p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Low Pavement, Nottingham - Geograph
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10, Low Pavement
10, Low Pavement is a Grade II listed building on Low Pavement in Nottingham. History The building was constructed in 1876 to the designs of the architect, Alfred Smith. It was built for Thomas Jones Rowe, tailor and outfitter. The front is designed in the 13th-century Gothic style, with a base of brown Whitby stone, two windows are supported by pillars of Irish red marble and Scottish granite in white and blue overhead. The first floor provided offices and cutting-rooms and was used for the display of goods. The second floor, reached by a staircase contained a retiring room for patrons. The etched window panes, chandeliers and fittings were custom-made. It has been described as "a wild version of William Burges William Burges (; 2 December 1827 – 20 April 1881) was an English architect and designer. Among the greatest of the Victorian art-architects, he sought in his work to escape from both nineteenth-century industrialisation and the Neoc ...". Thomas Jones Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Listed Building
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Ireland Environment Agency in Northern Ireland. The term has also been used in the Republic of Ireland, where buildings are protected under the Planning and Development Act 2000. The statutory term in Ireland is " protected structure". A listed building may not be demolished, extended, or altered without special permission from the local planning authority, which typically consults the relevant central government agency, particularly for significant alterations to the more notable listed buildings. In England and Wales, a national amenity society must be notified of any work to a listed building which involves any element of demolition. Exemption from secular listed building control is provided for some buildings in current use for worship, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
24-26, Low Pavement
24–26 Low Pavement are a pair of Grade II* listed buildings on Low Pavement, Nottingham, Low Pavement, Nottingham. History The houses were built for Francis Gawthern in 1733 who built them on the site of Vault Hall, a former mansion house of the Plumptre family. Gawthern moved into number 26 in 1734. The gates and railings on the forecourt were also erected at the same time and are separately Grade II* listed. In 1783 number 26 was occupied by Francis Gawthern's great-nephew, also called Francis, who married Abigail Frost in 1783. Abigail Gawthern lived until 1822 and her diary survived; it is a remarkable record of the history of Nottingham from 1751 until 1810. Number 26 became known as Gawthern House. In her diary for 21 August 1798 she records that her visitors were ''Lord Byron, the two Miss Parkyns (of Bunny Hall), and the two Master Smiths from Wilford Hall''. Abigail Gawthern was buried in St Mary's Church, Nottingham, where her memorial slab was discovered in 2012 du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Streets In Nottingham
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