The architecture of Nottingham is dominated to some extent by the work of the "big two", Thomas Chambers Hine (1813-99) and Watson Fothergill (1841-1928). Here is a small sample of surviving buildings of interest by some of Nottingham's lesser known architects and a few by national "names".
Basil Baily
Frederick Bakewell
Arthur Brewill
Albert Nelson Bromley
Robert Clarke, Senior
Gilbert Smith Doughty
Robert Evans, Senior
James Gandon
Isaac Charles Gilbert
T Cecil Howitt
John Howitt
Albert E Lambert
Arthur Marshall
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin
S. S. Rawlinson
Peter Frederick Robinson
Thomas Simpson
Robert Smythson
Edward Staveley
William Stretton
Richard Charles Sutton
Marriott Ogle Tarbotton
Samuel Dutton Walker
Alfred Waterhouse
Edward Willson
Henry Moses Wood
Sir Jeffry Wyatville
Robert Smythson (c. 1536-1614) THE
Elizabethan Architect
Wollaton Hall (1580-88).
James Gandon (1743-1823) National
Architect- surviving work in Dublin
Shire or County Hall, High Pavement (1770-72).
William Stretton (1755-1828)
Lenton Hall, (Hugh Stewart Hall), University of Nottingham (1804).
Edward Staveley (1768-1837)
P1umptre Hospital (rebuilt 1823); Baptist Chapel, George Street, now Co-op
ArtsTheatre (1815).
Sir Jeffry Wyatville (1766-1840)
National Architect
Wollaton Hall Lodges [and remodelled the interior of the Hall] (1823-5).
Edward Willson of Lincoln
R.C. Chapel, George Street (1825-8)
Peter Frederick Robinson (1776-1858)
National Architect
Houses Nottingham Park Estate: 1-13 and 15-17 Park Terrace; 8-10 Park Valley
(1828-34); 15, 17,19 Park Valley (1839); Derby Terrace (c. 1829-30)
S. S. Rawlinson (Dates not known)
Canning Terrace, Entrance to General Cemetery, Canning Circus (1837-40);
Wesleyan Chapel, Broad Street, now Broadway Cinema (1839)
Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52)
National Architect
R.C. Cathedral of St. Barnabas, Derby Road (1841-4);
Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, College Street (1845-50).
Isaac Charles Gilbert (1822-85)
Original People's College, College Street (1846-7, hidden inside later work).
Thomas Simpson (1816-1880)
Nottingham High School, Arboretum Street (1866-7) [With Hine & Evans].
Robert Evans, Senior (1832-1911) Pupil
& Partner with TC Hine c.1852-1867, in partnership with William Jolley
1871-94, thence 1894-1911 Evans & Son.
Eldon Chambers, Wheeler Gate (1867); Victoria Club, ex Imperial Insurance
Buildings (1869-70, altered 1913 to Reform Club by Starr & Hall, two entrances
changed to one); St Andrews, Belgrave Square (c. 1870); Shops/offices Victoria
Street, "The Malt House" etc (1870 and 1873); Top of Victoria Street
and Pelham Street (1872); Warehouse for Birkin, Kings Place, Stoney Street
(1872-3); First School for Nottingham School Board, Bath Street (1873); Solicitors'
Offices, Weekday Cross/High Pavement (1880 left, 1884 right); Hart, Fellows
Bank, Bridlesmith Gate, now Cafe Rouge (1884); Lodge for Mapperley Hall, corner
Mapperley Hall Drive (1885); Offices for R Holford, Estate Agent, St Peter's
Church Walk (1887); Alterations to Wright's Bank, Carlton Street, now Lloyds
No.1 (1887-9); Shops/offices, South Parade & Wheeler Gate (1888) Warehouse,
for William Hollins, Warser Gate (1890). Further information
Alfred Waterhouse (1830-1905)
National Architect
Prudential Building, King & Queen Street (1894-7); Jubilee Wing, former
General Hospital, now "The Rotunda" (1897-1900).
Richard Charles Sutton (1834-1915)
Castle Gate Congregational Church (1863); Congregational Institute, Forest
Road West (1867-8); Parliament Street Methodist Church, corner with George
Street (1874); Former chemist shop, now Ben Bowers Restaurant, Derby Road
(1877); Warehouse for S Widdowson, Stoney Street, now part chip shop (1877);
Warehouse for Mills & Gibb, Stoney Street and Plumptre Street [south side]
(1883). Further information
Frederick Bakewell (1825-81) [Uncle
of A.N. Bromley]
School of Art, now Waverley Annexe, Waverley & Peel Streets (1863-5);
Victoria Buildings, now Park View Court, Bath Street (with ANB 1877).
Albert Nelson Bromley (1850-1934)
Former High Pavement School, Berridge Centre, Stanley Road (1893-5); Telephone
Exchange, George Street (1898-9); Solicitors' Offices, Fletcher Gate, [currently
empty] (1898-9); Fruit Store for Buckoll King, Lower Parliament Street, now
Argos Catalogue Store (1900); Warehouse for J.B. Walker, 35/37 St Mary's Gate
(1900) Boots Main Store, High Street, now Zara (1903-4); Debenham's ex Griffin
& Spalding, Long Row (1920-1, main door 1927); National Provincial Bank,
now Yorkshire Bank, High Street/Smithy Row (1927). Further
information
Gilbert Smith Doughty (1862-1910?)
Several houses on Gregory Boulevard, facing The Forest. (1880s);
Furniture Store, Bridlesmith Gate now Waterstones, Casino, etc (1896); 11
Saleshops, Carrington Street, from Canal Street to Canal Bridge (1896-8) 10
Saleshops, top of Derby Road next to Ben Bowers (1898-9); 7 Saleshops, lower
part of Derby Road up from Regent Court (1899-1900); Thurland Hall public
house, Thurland Street/Pelham Street (1898-1900); Warehouses for Mills &
Gibb, Stoney Street/Plumptre Street etc (1903-6).
Samuel Dutton Walker (1833-1885)
Terrace Royal, Clarendon Street, now NTU Offices (with A Wilson 1863); Jallands'
Vaults, now Ice Nine etc, Goose Gate/Heathcote Street (1879); Wine & Spirit
Stores, Broad Street/Goose Gate etc (with J Howitt 1881); Shops, Derby Road,
now Regent Court (3 stages with J Howitt 1879-84).
John Howitt (1851-1923)
Heymann's Warehouse, Stoney Street/Barker Gate south side (1894) King John's
Arcade, Bridlesmith Gate (1888-9); Bentinck Chambers, Wheeler Gate (1890s);
Office Block, Milton Street/Trinity Square (1902-3); Furniture Store, west
end part of main former Co-op, Upper Parliament St (1907).
Robert Clarke, Senior (1819-77)
Nottingham Subscription Library, Thurland Street, (1854); Nottingham Journal
Offices, Pelham Street (1860); Lambert's Factory, now Driving Test Agency,
Talbot Street (1862).
Arthur Marshall (1863-1915)
Russell Chambers, Long Row East/King Street (1896); Offices, former Nottm
Electro-Plating Co., Upper Parliament Street (1914); Older portion City Hospital,
former Bagthorpe Workhouse (1903).
Henry Moses Wood (1788-1867) Borough
Surveyor 1837-58
Judges' Lodgings, High Pavement, former Archive Office (1833); Arboretum Lodge,
Waverley Street (1852); Arboretum Tea-rooms, The Arboretum 1852-4; Police
Station/Lodge, The Forest, Mansfield Road entrance (1857).
Marriott Ogle Tarbotton (1834-1887)
Borough Engineer 1858-1887
Chinese Bell Tower, The Arboretum (1863); Trent Bridge, eastern portion (Opened
1871-widened 1920s).
Albert E Lambert (1869-1929)
Midland Station, Carrington Street (1904); Albert Hall (Entirely rebuilt 1907-9).
Basil Baily (1869-1942)
with Arthur Brewill (1861-1923)
Presbyterian Church, now Christian Science, Mansfield/Villa Roads (1896);
Royal Children, public house, Castle Gate (with Eberlin, rebuilt 1932-3);
County Tavern, now Cock o’ Hoop public house, High Pavement (with Eberlin
rebuilt 1933); Daybrook Laundry, Mansfield Road, Daybrook (with Eberlin 1935).
T Cecil Howitt (1889-1968) Nottingham's
Housing Architect 1920s
Nottingham Council House (Foundation Stone laid 1927, opened 1929); Martin's
Bank, Cafe Royal, now?, Market Street/Theatre Square (1930); Offices etc for
Raleigh Cycle Company, Lenton Boulevard (1930-1); Offices for Sir Bernard
Wright Friar Lane/Castle Place (1930); Offices Woolwich Building Society,
South Parade (1935);The Vale Hotel, Mansfield Road/Thackeray's Lane (1937)
(The Wheatsheaf, Burton Joyce opened same day as The Vale 1937); YMCA, Shakespeare
Street (1937); St. Mary's Church, Derby Road, Wollaton Park (1937-9); St.
Barnabas' Church, Derby Road, Lenton Abbey (1937-9); Home Brewery Head Office,
Mansfield Road, Daybrook (1938-9); Portland Building, University of Nottingham
(planned 1949, built 1955-6); Newton Building, Nottingham Trent University
(planned 1952, built 1956-8).
Ken Brand
Partially updated February 2004
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