Severn's Building is a

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building dating from the 15th century in the English city of

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. Originally located in the city's Middle Pavement, it was relocated to the junction of Castle Road and Castle Gate around 1970. The building has two stories and is

timber-framed Timber framing (german: Holzfachwerk) and "post-and-beam" construction are traditional methods of building with heavy timbers, creating structures using squared-off and carefully fitted and joined timbers with joints secured by large wooden ...

, with a jettied first floor, rendered nogging, and a plain tile roof.

History

Severn's Building dates from around 1450. It was built as a merchant's house and located on Middle Pavement. When the street was numbered, it became no. 10. From 1879 to 1885 it was the offices of

Samuel Dutton Walker Samuel Dutton Walker (1833 – 15 June 1885) F.S.A. was an architect based in Nottingham. History He was born in 1833, the son of George Frederick Walker. His brother Herbert Walker also became an architect in Nottingham. On 23 January 1862 h ...

and

John Howitt John Howitt (6 July 1852 - 9 June 1923) FRIBA was an architect based in Nottingham. History He was the son of William Howitt of Underwood. He was educated at Holly Mount School, Nottingham and the Nottingham School of Art. He was articled to ...

, architects. John and James Severn operated a wine and spirit business on Middle Pavement and in 1900 they moved into this building. The roof of the building's yard was extensively damaged in the

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. After the

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the owners put forwards plans for alterations to the building. It was also under threat as there were plans to widen Middle Pavement. In 1968 and threatened by the planned development of the

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, the building was acquired by

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and dismantled by F.W.B. Charles. It was reassembled on Castle Road by 1970. Between 1980 and 2009, the building was used as a

lace Lace is a delicate fabric made of yarn or thread in an open weblike pattern, made by machine or by hand. Generally, lace is divided into two main categories, needlelace and bobbin lace, although there are other types of lace, such as knitted o ...

museum and shop. The building was put up for sale by the city council in 2012. In 2013, Severn's Building was sold, along with a number of other buildings on Castle Gate that formerly housed a costume museum, to a local developer. In June 2022 the building was again placed on the market with a valuation of £499,000.

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{{Nottingham Places of Interest , state=autocollapse Grade II listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Buildings and structures in Nottingham Timber framed buildings in England Houses completed in the 15th century

History

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