Nottingham Architecture Walks May, June & July
Tour dates now booking and some Fothergill buildings on the market.
Hello again. Thanks to everyone who has joined me so far this year on one of my walks looking at Nottingham’s fascinating architecture. Here’s an update on availability, a new date and news of some Fothergill buildings that are on the market at the moment.
A slight change to previously scheduled events. Deco in the Details Part 2 will now be on 11 June, 6 pm. The June Watson Fothergill Walk will now be on 18 June, 6pm.
Click on the dates below for full details and tickets:
Watson Fothergill Walk, Sunday 25 May, 10 am (just 7 tickets remaining)
Deco in the Details Part 1, Wednesday 28 May, 6 pm a rare evening outing, you can do these walks in any order!
Carrington Crawl, Saturday 7 June, 1 pm Explore the outer reaches of the city centre… see further down this message for more about this tour.
Deco in the Details Part 2, Wednesday 11 June, 6 pm a rare evening outing, you can do these walks in any order!
New dates just added:
The June walk has now been moved to the evening of 18 June, 6pm. If anyone would like to make a group booking for 15 June, Father’s Day then please get in touch.
Watson Fothergill Walk, Wednesday 18 June, 6pm an evening outing for the city centre tour.
The afternoon slot has proved popular, with folks travelling from as far away as Market Harborough! So I’ve added another.
Watson Fothergill Walk, Sunday 6 July, 2 pm the original city centre walk - tell your friends!
The Hine Hike is another way to see Nottingham through the architecture of one of its most prolific Victorian Architects, Thomas Chambers Hine.
The Hine Hike, Sunday, 27 July, 2pm, discover some of the many buildings of architect Thomas Chambers Hine.
I also have some weekday availability for walks for small groups - friends, family society or club - drop me a line via my website here to book: https://watsonfothergillwalk.com/bookings/
Some of my walk events are also available to book on Yuup. Subscribe to their events mailing list for £10 off bookings of over £50. Please use this direct link to book on Yuup.
Spotlight on The Carrington Crawl
The Carrington Crawl is my deep dive into the history and architecture of the houses built by architect Watson Fothergill and his chief assistant Lawrence George Summers in Mapperley Park, Sherwood Rise and Carrington, just outside Nottingham city centre. On this walk, you’ll find out more about Fothergill’s family home and his life there with his wife and seven children. You’ll also discover the two most complete known designs carried out by Fothergill’s talented Chief Assistant, a fine architect in his own right, L.G. Summers, FRIBA.
One of the houses that features on the tour is St Andrew’s House, on Mapperley Road which happens to be on the market at the moment.
Fothergill actually added to an existing house and you can see his characteristic polychrome brickwork, tourelle with spire roof and squat attic floor with brick nogging, along with flourishes in the windows, stained glass and other features. The house was extended for Dr Stewart in 1886. Interestingly this building later served as the office for another architect, Thomas Cecil Howitt, who had gone into private practice after his work on Nottingham’s Council House. Several of his buildings from the 1930s feature on my Deco in the Details tours.
I’m only able to do the Carrington Crawl occasionally so don’t miss out on the next date: Saturday 7 June, 1 pm. Finishing up with a visit to Clawson Lodge, where we can have tea with the AUGB who use it as their Ukrainian Cultural Centre.
Another Fothergill on the market
Thanks to a participant on the Watson Fothergill Walk last week who pointed out that there are a couple of small flats for sale in another Fothergill building, the former Marhill Brewery building at Carlton, to the north of the city centre.
Originally built for Mr Vickers in 1899, it was converted to residential use around 2005. It seems that the Brewery was quite a short-lived enterprise, The Vickers family held the licence at The Black’s Head pub close by in Carlton in the late 1800s.
“Brewing in Nottinghamshire” has an older picture of the building and states that the Carlton Brewery was short-lived. With Mrs Vickers there in 1902 and Willam (her son?) there between 1904-1906. It was sold in 1904, 1906 and 1909. It became a laundry, then a print works and then it was used as a dye works owned by the Ilkeston Hosiery Finishing Company. The sequence of these changes is not entirely clear according to the official listing on Historic England.
This building is too far out of the city centre to feature on my tour but you can reach it by bus then walk from Carlton Square.
Let me know if you spot any more Fothergill buildings for sale. See you on a walk, Lucy
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