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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 defi ...
forming the south side of Old Market Square,
Nottingham Nottingham ( , locally ) is a city and 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 Robi ...
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 1936-37 *10-12 Norwich Union House by
Evans, Cartwright and Woollatt Evans, Cartwright and Wollatt was an architectural practice based in Nottingham from 1948 to 1961. History The practice was established in 1948, based at 6 Clarendon Street, Nottingham, and evolved from Evans, Clark and Woollatt after John Thoma ...
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