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Some of Fothergill's Buildings... Watson Fothergill was a prolific architect, designing over a hundred buildings during his working life. Below are just some of his buildings that survive today. It is intended to add to this list with further pictures and information over the coming months... |
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Baptist Church Fothergill built this distinctive church in 1893. At that time it was in the heart of a densely packed residential part of the city. The unusual octagonal tower, topped with a small saddle back roof and "bed-end" finials was designed to be seen above the rows of terraced houses and shops. The church had a Sunday school with a separate entrance.
Carved stones commemorate the "worthies" who founded the church. The building is now used as a Parkistani Community Centre. |
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Mortimer House, Mortiner House, a row of shops and offices, was built in 1883 for Mr. Tate. The roof line is extremely varied and complex as the building runs down the slope between Hounds Gate and round the corner into castle gate. A square tower dominates the top end, while a rounded turret caps the lower end. The style is less Gothic and more Old English vernacular, or even a touch norther European - Fothergill was greatly influenced by Continental architecture, particularly the buildings of Germany. |
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Fothergill's Offices, In 1893 Fothergill had to vacate his Clinton Street (Nottingham) offices as the railway was being extended into the heart of Nottingham and the land was needed for the approach to the new Victoria Station. He built his new offices nearby in George Street in a confident, flamboyant Gothic style. Just below the first floor windows are four terra-cotta panels showing the building of classical, medieval and Elizabethan buildings - the last one possibly depicts the construction of Wollaton Hall. The ground floor was designed to be a self-contained shop which Fothergill sub-let, providing an income to pay for his own offices on the upper two floors. |
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Nottingham & Notts.
Bank, Built between 1877-1882, the bank's head offices were designed to give its customers a feeling of security and permanence. The building is dominated by a central tower and has many wonderful carvings of animals, beasts and foliage. High up are three panels in Portland stone, depicting the principal industries of the region - mining, textiles & agriculture. The names of the towns where the bank had other branches are carved in stone along its frontage. On the first floor of the bank was a large appartment for the manager and his family. It had its own entrance from the street, and the oriel window on the first floor was the window to the manager's library. |
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Nottingham Express Offices,
These are the newspaper offices, prining works, shops and offices for Messrs. Jevons and Renals, proprietors of the "Nottingham Express" newspaper. Fothergill built them in 1875-76, the corner entrance tower being inspired by the work of the architect Burges. In keeping with the paper's Liberal leanings, the entrance is graced by carvings of the heads of three leading Liberal politicians of the day - Cobden, Gladstone & Bright. The upper storey was added by Fothergill in 1898-99 to provide the paper with more office space. Graham Greene worked in this building in his youth as a "cub-reported". |
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Houses for the Misses Woods,
Two of Fothergill's earliest private houses were built on the edge of the Park Estate for the two Wood sisters. They share many features with his own house - pillar
mullions to the windows, star shapes in the brickwork. Although
early works 1872-73, the already show elements of style which were to
reappear so often in his later buildings - tall ornate chimneys, turrets
and towers, windows and doors set across corners and horizontal bandings
of different coloured building materials. |
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Dr. Stewart's House, In 1886 Fothergill Watson extended and partly rebuilt this house - St. Andrew's House - for Dr. Stewart. A terracotta plaque on the front of the house (now obscured by ivy) records the date and the Dr.'s monogram. |
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"Tenterden", Bulcote,
Notts. A private house built for Mr. Thomas Walter Marshall who worked at "Snook & Co's." - linen merchants, warehousemen & clothing manufacturers - in Nottingham City. Built in 1893, the house has a turret over the main entrance, a half-hipped tower at the back, and a crenellated tower on the side. |
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"Walton House", This house stands
on a very difficult, but imposing plot in the Park. The corner site
falls sharply away, but Fothergill's design makes full use of the natural
shape of the site. |
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