South Parade is a row of buildings 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 ...

forming the south side of

Old Market Square The Old Market Square (Slab Square) is an open, pedestrianised city square in Nottingham, England, forming the heart of the city, and covering an area of approximately , or about 3 acres. It is one of the largest paved squares in the United K ...

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which runs from Wheeler Gate to Exchange Walk.

History

In the thirteenth century this area was known as Timber Hill. Timber merchants stored and sold wood in the buildings here. As early as 1836 it was being known as South Parade.

Notable buildings

*1-3, by Evans and Jolley 1888 (Starbucks Coffee House in 2018) *4-9 Woolwich Equitable Building Society by

Thomas Cecil Howitt Thomas Cecil Howitt, OBE (6 June 1889 - 3 September 1968) was a British provincial architect of the 20th Century. Howitt is chiefly remembered for designing prominent public buildings, such as the Council House and Processional Way in Nottingh ...

1936-37 *10-12 Norwich Union House by Evans, Cartwright and Woollatt 1957-59 *15

Smith's Bank Smith's Bank was a series of English banking partnerships in London and the provinces, all controlled by the Smith family that operated between 1658 and 1918. Although Smith's Bank was never a single entity, the first bank was established in N ...

by George R. Isborn 1878 (National Westminster Bank in 2018)

References

{{Reflist Buildings and structures in Nottingham Streets in Nottingham