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Robert Clarke (architect)
Robert Clarke (1819 – 11 December 1877) was an architect based in Nottingham. History Born in 1819, Robert Clarke was the son of Mr. Clarke of ''Stoney and Clarke''. He married Frances Sympson at St Martin’s Church, Lincoln, on 12 May 1841. He studied architecture under William Adams Nicholson in Lincoln. He went into a partnership with Edmund Francis Law in Northampton in 1848. This partnership was short-lived, and dissolved on 31 July 1849. In 1852, he established himself as an independent architect back in Nottingham. He set up in business in Nottingham with offices in Grosvenor Place, Parliament Street. In 1854 he moved to Shakespere Street, opposite Angelo Terrace. His son, Robert Charles Clarke (1843-16 February 1904) joined his father to form Robert Clarke & Son. He died on 11 December 1877 in Sneinton, Nottingham and left a small estate to his widow, Frances Clarke. Works * Littlemore Lunatic Asylum, Oxfordshire 1843 *Building to house the Bunker’s Hill Weighin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witton Cemetery Birmingham Chapel
Witton may refer to one of several places in England: *Witton, historic name of an area of Northwich, Cheshire **Witton Albion F.C. *Witton Gilbert, County Durham *Witton-le-Wear, County Durham *Witton, an area of Blackburn, Lancashire * Witton, Broadland, Norfolk, in the civil parish of Postwick with Witton, 5 miles (8 km) east of Norwich * Witton, North Norfolk, Norfolk, near North Walsham, 19 miles (30 km) north of Norwich *Witton, Birmingham, West Midlands *Witton, historic name of East Witton, North Yorkshire *Witton, historic name of West Witton, North Yorkshire People * George Witton (1874-1942), Australian soldier in the Boer War *Hannah Witton (born 1992), English YouTuber and writer *Henry Buckingham Witton (1831-1921), Canadian painter and political figure * Mark P. Witton, British vertebrate palaeontologist * Richard Witton (1423/4–1428), Master of University College, Oxford See also * Whitton (other) *Witton Park, County Durham * Witton Country Park, Blackb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Former Artisan's Library, Thurland Street
A former is an object, such as a template, gauge or cutting die, which is used to form something such as a boat's hull. Typically, a former gives shape to a structure that may have complex curvature. A former may become an integral part of the finished structure, as in an aircraft fuselage, or it may be removable, being using in the construction process and then discarded or re-used. Aircraft formers Formers are used in the construction of aircraft fuselage, of which a typical fuselage has a series from the nose to the empennage, typically perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the aircraft. The primary purpose of formers is to establish the shape of the fuselage and reduce the column length of stringers to prevent instability. Formers are typically attached to longerons, which support the skin of the aircraft. The "former-and-longeron" technique (also called stations and stringers) was adopted from boat construction, and was typical of light aircraft built until the ad ... [...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] |
William Adams Nicholson
William Adams Nicholson (1803–1853) was an English architect who worked in Lincoln and was a founding member of the Royal Institute of British Architects. Life Born on 8 August 1803 at Southwell, Nottinghamshire, he was the son of James Nicholson, a carpenter and joiner. James gave up his business about 1838 and became sub-agent to Sir Richard Sutton's estates in Nottinghamshire and Norfolk. William was articled about July 1821, for three years, to John Buonarotti Papworth, architect, of London. By 1824 Nicholson had returned to Southwell, where he worked with the Rev J. T.Becher on the design of the Southwell Workhouse. In 1828 he established himself at Lincoln and he built up an extensive practice in Lincolnshire and Nottinghamshire. From 1839 to 1846 he was in partnership as ''Nicholson & Goddard'', with Henry Goddard (1813–1899). Pupils of the practice were Augustus Hullock Morant, a relative of Nicholson's, Charles Baily of Newark and London, and Michael Drury who w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmund Francis Law
Edmund Francis Law, usually referred to as 'E. F. Law', (26 April 1810 – 14 April 1882, in Northampton) FRIBA was an English architect during the 19th century, notable for a large number of projects, particularly restorations, in the counties of Northamptonshire, Leicestershire and Rutland. Career His practice was based in Northampton from 1837 operating from Priory Cottage in the town. He became a Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects in 1862, proposed by George Gilbert Scott and others. He was also Northamptonshire County and Northampton Town Surveyor and served as Mayor of Northampton Borough in 1859. He went into partnership with Robert Clarke in 1848. This partnership was short-lived, and dissolved on 31 July 1849. He had a son, Edmund Law (1840 – 14 April 1904) who was articled to his father from 1855 and continued as his assistant at that time based at 29 Abington Street, Northampton. From 1863 he became a partner with his father and also an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Charles Clarke
Robert Charles Clarke (1843 – 16 February 1904) was an architect based in Nottingham. History He was born in 1843, the son of Robert Clarke and went into business with his father to form ''Robert Clarke & Son''. He married Fanny Tinkler on 27 March 1882 at St Guthlac's Church, Branston, Leicestershire. He died on 16 February 1904 at Goverton Villa, Bleasby, Nottinghamshire, and left an estate of £1,052 () to his widow, Fanny Clarke. Works *St John's Church, Worksop 1869 (with Robert Clarke) *Carlton Board Schools, Nottingham 1878 *Carlton Cemetery gates, chapel and ancillary buildings 1885–1886 restoration *Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church, Carlingford Road, Hucknall 1886–1887 (now replaced) * St Mary Magdalene’s Church, Hucknall 1887–1888 restoration *St Peter’s Church, Watnall Road, Hucknall 1892 (now demolished) *St Catharine's Church, Nottingham 1895 * St John’s Church, Butler's Hill, Hucknall 1895 new chancel *Mundella School (Higher Grade Centre) 1899 *All ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Littlemore Hospital
Littlemore Hospital was a mental health facility on Sandford Road in Littlemore, Oxfordshire. History The hospital, which was designed by Robert Clarke using a Corridor Plan layout, opened as the Oxford County Pauper Lunatic Asylum in August 1846. The ward spurs were extended to a design by Henry Jones Underwood in 1847. Littlemore railway station was opened, giving improved access to the hospital, in 1864, and two additional pavilion blocks connected by a recreation hall were completed to a design by Edwin Dolby and Henry Tollit in 1902. During the last few months of the First World War the hospital served as the Ashurst Military hospital and it was then renamed Littlemore Hospital in 1922. After some of the pavilions saw service with the Emergency Hospital Service during the Second World War, the whole facility joined the National Health Service in 1948. Dr Bertram Mandelbrote, who carried out pioneering work on creating therapeutic communities, became superintendent at the h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Mary's Gate, Nottingham
St Mary’s Gate is a historic street in the Lace Market area of Nottingham City Centre between High Pavement and Warser Gate. History The early name for the street was Seynt Maregate ( la, Via Beatae Mariae), taking its name from St Mary's Church which is at the southern end. In the late Middle Ages the street housed workshops for the production of Nottingham alabaster. The street housed the old Theatre Royal which was built in 1760 on the site of an older establishment. It was held on lease for many years by Robertson and Manly, managers of a company of comedians who visited Nottingham three or four times per year. The theatre was sold in 1854 to J.F. Saville for £1,950 (). The theatre was converted by Richard Middleton into ''Middleton’s Royal Alhambra Music Hall'' in 1865, when the new Theatre Royal was opened in Parliament Street. In 1880 the owner of the ''Royal Alhambra Music Hall'', John Betts Wigley was charged with assaulting and beating a comedian William White. Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Witton Cemetery
Witton Cemetery (), which opened in Witton in 1863 as Birmingham City Cemetery, is the largest cemetery in Birmingham, England. Covering an area of , it once had three chapels; however, two of these were demolished in 1980. The cemetery would perform up to 20 burials a day; however, it was declared "full to capacity" in December 2013, allowing burials only in existing family plots, or of babies or cremated remains. Extra capacity was therefore provided at the nearby New Hall Cemetery. The cemetery office was opened in 1999. History Started in May 1860 and consecrated by the Bishop of Worcester on 23 May 1863, it was the only cemetery owned by the Corporation of Birmingham until 1911, when an expansion of the city boundary brought in others.''In The Midst of Life - A History of the Burial Grounds of Birmingham'', Joseph McKenna, Birmingham Library Services, 1992, Key Hill and Warstone Lane Cemetery were private concerns. It opened in 1863 with an area of . In 1869, were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nottingham Journal
The ''Nottingham Journal'' was a newspaper published in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, in the East Midlands in England. During that time, the paper went through several title changes through mergers, take-overs, acquisitions and ownership changes. History Nottingham's first newspaper was probably ''The Weekly Courant'', published by William Ayscough in August, 1712. It was followed by The ''Nottingham Post'' in 1716. In 1723 Ayscough took over the Post and later that year he published ''The Nottingham Weekly Courant''. ''The Courant'' lasted until 1769, when Samuel Cresswell bought it and in 1787 changed its name to ''The Nottingham Journal''. In 1775 he was joined by George Burbage and ''Cresswell and Burbage's Nottingham Journal'' came into existence. Later Burbage became sole owner. On his death it was purchased by George Stretton. On Stretton's retirement in 1832 it was purchased by John Hicklin and Job Bradshaw. In 1841 it became Bradshaw's property. In 1860 they occupied new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pelham Street, Nottingham
Pelham Street is an historic street in Nottingham City Centre between High Street and Carlton Street. History The street is medieval and was originally known as ''Gridlesmith Gate'' or ''Greytsmythisgate''. ( la, Vicus Magnorum Fabrorum or Vicus Grossorum Fabrorum) The name was changed around 1800 to Pelham street in compliment to the Duke of Newcastle. In 1844 the western end of the street was widened as far as Thurland Street, and the eastern end was completed about 10 years later. Notable buildings *5 and 7, 2 houses now shops ca. 1810. No. 5 has a doorcase by Sutton and Gregory of 1913. *10, Boots the Chemist 1903-04 by Albert Nelson Bromley *Former Nottingham Journal Offices 1860 by Robert Clarke *Ormiston House, 1872 (with additions by Evans, Clark and Woollatt in 1937) *Extension to the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank of 1924-25 by Basil Baily * Thurland Hall public house, 1898-1900 by Gilbert Smith Doughty *27, House, now shop ca. 1800. *Durham Ox public house, 190 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Ann's Church, Nottingham
St. Ann's Church, St. Ann's Well Road was a Church of England church in Nottingham on St. Ann's Well Road between 1864 and 1971. History It was created out of the parish of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham through the impetus of the vicar of St. Mary's, Joshua William Brooks. The trustees of the new church were Thomas Adams, lace manufacturer, Frances Butcher Gill, a philanthropic silk merchant, Robert Holden of Nuthall, Revd. Edmund Holland of Saxmundham, Revd. Charles Bridges. The foundation stone was laid on the 23 September 1863 by Sydney Pierrepont, 3rd Earl Manvers. The church was consecrated on 26 September 1864. The first incumbent was Henry Jemson Tebbutt. He planned and built the daughter church of St. Andrew's Church, Mansfield Road, which he moved to as first incumbent when it opened in 1870. The second incumbent was James Dawson Lewis, a Cambridge scholar. During his thirty-year incumbency the church was enlarged five times, and the school rooms enlarged fif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
