St Mary’s Gate is a historic street in the

Lace Market The Lace Market is a historic quarter-mile square area of Nottingham, England. It was the centre of the world's lace industry during the British Empire and is now a protected heritage area. It was an area of salesrooms and warehouses for storin ...

area of

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between

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 ...

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

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the street housed workshops for the production of

Nottingham alabaster Nottingham alabaster is a term used to refer to the English sculpture industry, mostly of relatively small religious carvings, which flourished from the fourteenth century until the early sixteenth century. Alabaster carvers were at work in Lo ...

. 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. The Music Hall closed in 1883 when the Nottingham Magistrates’ refused a theatrical licence.

Notable buildings

*1-17 Adams Building 1854-75 by

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*5-47, Halifax Place flats, 1981-83 by Peter Hill *27 House, late 18th century. It was built in 1849 for Louis Augustin Baillon, the Vice Consul of France, as Consulate Offices. In 1860s it was adapted into a Lace warehouse. *35 and 37 Warehouse 1880 *46 Kean's Head Public House. Formerly warehouse and offices 1907 by

Robert Evans JP The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, honou ...

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 ...

, and J Wollatt. *48 to 50 Lace Warehouse, 1883 by S & J Cargill. now offices *49 House, now offices

References

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