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A house by Watson Fothergill, from 1904.
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A Watson Fothergill house on Mapperley Road, dating from 1904.
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This large Victorian mansion would have commanded a fine view and have been considered to be in a prime location. It is now a hall of residence for Nottingham Trent University.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>From its junction with Goresy Road.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>From Mapperley Road.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>A villa facing this attractive avenue would have been a prime target for Nottingham's wealthier business people - there's a road at the back for your carriage, of course. Corporation Oaks is part of the green corridor stretching round the north and east of the City Centre from the Arboretum to St Anns Well Road, built around the 1870s.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.1km<br/>Surrounded by the circular walk of Corporation Oaks on the top of a hill.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>Corporation Oaks is part of the green corridor stretching round the north and east of the City Centre from the Arboretum to St Anns Well Road, built around the 1870s.
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Dist:0.1km<br/>At the junction of Mapperley Road and Redcliffe Road.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Where St Ann's and Mapperley meet.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Palatial Victorian house alongside the Belle Vue reservoir. Once a prime location. The building is now the local headquarters of the Workers' Education Association (WEA).
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Dist:0.2km<br/>Rising steeply up to the junction with Woodborough Road.
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Dist:0.2km<br/>The circuit around the Belle Vue reservoir (to the right) is called Corporation Oaks, but these trees look more like lime trees to me. This is part of the green corridor created in the 1870s stretching from the Arboretum to St Anns Well Road.
©Alan Murray-Rust
Dist:0.2km<br/>Built in 1897, Woodborough Road. The listing currently on the wikipedia page for the Nottingham architect Watson Fothergill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_Fothergill , who was very active at that time, claims that this building is one of his. It is not at all in his usual style and I had grave doubts about that the accuracy of the listing. However Ken Brand's excellent little book - Watson Fothergill, Architect (Nottingham Civil Society) confirms that the building is his design. Far more recognisable is his other almshouse commission: [[1371817]]. Update Sept 2011: My doubts have been confirmed by Darren Turner of Jackson Design. A copy of the plans for this building have "turned up in the Archives" and the design is by Arthur Brown the Borough Surveyor in 1896.
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