Carrington Street is a street in

Nottingham city centre Nottingham city centre is the cultural, commercial, financial and historical heart of Nottingham, England. Nottingham's city centre represents the central area of the Greater Nottingham conurbation. The centre of the city is usually defin ...

between

Nottingham station Nottingham station, briefly known as Nottingham City and for rather longer as Nottingham Midland, is a railway station and tram stop in the city of Nottingham. It is the principal railway station of Nottingham. It is also a nodal point on the ...

and

Broadmarsh Broadmarsh is a historic area of Nottingham, England. The area was subjected to large scale slum clearance, creating large spaces used for regeneration. A shopping centre, car park, bus station and road complex created in the early 1970s cut-t ...

History

The street was laid out by

Henry Moses Wood Henry Moses Wood (1788–28 September 1867) was an architect based in Nottingham. Career He studied in the practice of Edward Staveley, and continued the business after Staveley's death in 1837. One of his pupils, William Booker established ...

, Surveyor in 1828. The opportunity offered by the construction of this new road was taken to install a large culvert in circumference as a storm drain, to carry water to the

River Leen The River Leen is a 15-mile (24 km) long tributary of the River Trent that flows through Nottinghamshire, and the city of Nottingham in the East Midlands of England. The name Leen developed through various renderings of the Celtic word ...

. The River Leen was dredged by approximately to provide additional capacity. In 1842 a bridge was constructed over the Nottingham and Beeston Canal to provide access to

Nottingham Carrington Street railway station Nottingham Carrington Street railway station was the first railway station in Nottingham, opened in 1839 by the Midland Counties Railway. Initially there were two lines with a central platform as well as side ones according to Billson. Victori ...

. The bridge costing £6,000 () was partly sponsored by the Midland Counties' Railway. It contained an inscription which read:

This bridge was commenced in August, 1841, J.M.B. Pigot M.D., Mayor, and completed in October, 1842, R. Morley Esq., Mayor, H.M. Wood, Architect.

The bridge was widened in 1904 when the new

was erected. Having crossed the canal, the street arrived at

. In 1846 the Derby to Nottingham railway line was extended to Lincoln and this necessitated a level crossing over Carrington Street. A wooden footbridge was provided to alleviate delays. This remained in use until the construction of a viaduct over the railway in 1867-68 at a cost of £35,000 () designed by

Marriott Ogle Tarbotton Marriott Ogle Tarbotton MICE, FGS, FRMS, was born in Leeds on 6 December 1834 and died in Nottingham on 6 March 1887. He was Borough Engineer for Nottingham from 1859. Career Tarbotton was Borough Engineer at Wakefield from 1855 until he was ap ...

. In 1878 the

Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited was a tramway operator from 1875 to 1897 based in Nottingham in the United Kingdom. Nottingham Tramways Company 1872-1875 Plans for tramways in the town of Nottingham started at least as early ...

opened a horse drawn tramway service between Trent Bridge and St Peter's Church. This was electrified in 1901 and tramway services continued provided by

Nottingham Corporation Tramways Nottingham Corporation Tramways was formed when Nottingham Corporation took over the Nottingham and District Tramways Company Limited, which had operated a horse and steam tram service from 1877. Nottingham Corporation Tramways 1898 – Plan ...

until withdrawn in 1936.

Notable buildings

*2, Offices for Post Office Engineers with ground floor shop. 1913-14

Robert Evans (Jun) Robert Evans FRIBA (25 February 1863 – 16 August 1927) was an English architect based in Nottingham. History He was born on 25 February 1863, in Nottingham, the son of Robert Evans JP and Sarah Ann Mulcock. He was educated at Rugby School a ...

. *4 to 16, Gordon House showrooms and offices. GG Hardy 1926. Now Bhatia Best Solicitors *18, offices 1913 by

for F Hillam *20, shop. 1913 by FM Ketton *22, former Midland Bank, later petrol service station and offices for Anglo-American Oil Co. 1923 by

Albert Nelson Bromley Albert Nelson Bromley (15 July 1850 – 16 August 1934) was an English architect based in Nottingham."Brodie" (2001), pg.263 History He was born in Stafford on 15 July 1850, the son of Charles Nelson Bromley, a surgeon (1817–1853) and Emma ...

*28 to 48, Former Redmayne and Todd sportswear shop, 1896-97 by Gilbert Smith Doughty *50,

Midland Railway The Midland Railway (MR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom from 1844. The Midland was one of the largest railway companies in Britain in the early 20th century, and the largest employer in Derby, where it had its headquarters. It am ...

goods offices 1875 now car parking for

Nottingham Magistrates' Court Nottingham Magistrates' Court is a magistrates' court in Nottingham, England. History Until 1996, Nottingham magistrates were housed in two separate buildings, the Guildhall and the Shire Hall. In 1996, all magistrates were moved to the new No ...

*Granby Hotel, 1886 by James Edwin Truman and

William Dymock Pratt William Dymock Pratt (22 December 1854 – 12 August 1916) was an architect based in Nottingham, England Biography Pratt was born in Sneinton on 22 December 1854, the son of Nathan Pratt of Gedling Lodge in Nottinghamshire. He was articled to ...

. *Gresham Hotel, 1898-99 by

*111, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank 1900 by

Watson Fothergill Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 – 6 March 1928) was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architec ...

later the Allied Irish Bank, now Fletcher’s offices. *Bentinck Hotel, 1904-05 by

Walter Owen Hickson Walter Owen Hickson (1863 – 8 October 1915) was an architect and surveyor based in Nottingham. History He was born in 1863 in Bottesford, Leicestershire, the son of William Hickson of Easthorpe Manor, Bottesford and Mary Ann Owen. He trained a ...

1903-04 by

Albert Edward Lambert Albert Edward Lambert FRIBA (27 May 1869 – 5 November 1929) was an architect based in Nottingham, England. Family He was born in Manton in Rutland on 27 May 1869. He was the son of John Lambert and Louisa. By 1871 the family had moved to Dr ...

References

{{Reflist Buildings and structures in Nottingham Streets in Nottingham