Watson Fothergill
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Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 - 6 March 1928) was an English architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture styles.
His work dates from between the years 1870 to 1912.
we recon that ==Birth & Early Years==
Born Fothergill Watson in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1841, he was the son of a wealthy Nottingham Lace merchant, Robert Watson and Mary Ann Fothergill. He changed his name to Watson Fothergill in 1892 in order to continue his maternal family name.
Family
He married Anne Hage in 1867 in Mansfield.
In the 1881 census he is listed as living at Mapperley Road, Nottingham with wife Anne, daughters Marian, Clarice, Annie F., Edith M., Eleanor F., and sons Samuel F., Harold H.
In the 1901 census he is listed as living at 7 Mapperley Road, Nottingham.
Career
we recon that He is credited as having had a great impact on the architecture of the major British industrial city of Nottingham, and designed over a hundred buildings in the city, from offices, banks and warehouses, to churches and private dwelling houses.
His easily recognisable style includes the use of contrasting horizontal bands of red and blue brick, dark timber eaves and balconies, and elaborate turrets and stone carvings.
List of works
All Nottinghamshire unless otherwise stated.
- Fothergill House, 7 Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham (1872)
- Castle Bank, 5 Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham (1873)
- Albert Hall Nottingham (1876) - destroyed by fire in 1906
- Nottingham Daily Express offices (1876)
- Congregational Church (later United Reformed), Westfield Lane, Mansfield (1877) - demolished 1980s
- Cattle Market, Nottingham Road, Mansfield (1877)
- Tower House, 53 Park Row, Nottingham (1880) alterations
- 3 South Road, The Park, Nottingham (1875 - 1881)
- Nottingham and Notts Bank, Thurland Street (1877 - 1882)
- Mortimer House, Castle Road, Nottingham (1883)
- Former Coffee Tavern and Institute, Hucknall (1884)
- Clawson Lodge, 405 Mansfield Road, Nottingham (1884)
- Row of shops 87 - 95 Derby Road, Nottingham (1884)
- 21, 23, 27 and 39 Newcastle Drive, The Park, Nottingham (1886)
- St. Nicholas' Church Rectory, Maid Marian Way, Nottingham (1886) - demolished 1960
- National Westminster Bank, Cattle Market, Loughborough, Leicestershire (1886)
- Budworth Hall, High Street, Ongar, Epping Forest, Essex (1886)
- Black Boy Hotel, Nottingham (1887) - demolished 1970
- Nottingham and Notts Bank, Kirk Gate, Newark on Trent (1887)
- 409 and 411 Mansfield Road, Nottingham (1887)
- 62 - 64 Castle Boulevard, Nottingham (1888)
- 3 and 4 Huntingdon Drive, Nottingham (1888 - 1889)
- 2-8 and 5-13 Hope Drive, Nottingham (1888 - 1889)
- Halifax Building Society, 24 Market Place, Long Eaton, Derbyshire (1889)
- Milbie House, Pilcher Gate, Nottingham (1889)
- Elberton House, 9 Hardwick Road, Nottingham (1889-1890)
- 14 Mapperley Road, Nottingham (1890) (additions to a mid 19th century house)
- Emmanuel Church, Woodborough Road (1883 - 1892) - demolished 1972
- Norris Ladies' Homes, Berridge Road, Nottingham (1892)
- Coach House at Kingswood, Bulcote (1893)
- Kingswood House, Bulcote (1893)
- St. Andrew's House, Mansfield Road/Mapperley Road, Nottingham (1893)
- 208 Mansfield Road, Nottingham (1893)
- Cleave House, 1 and 3 Sherwood Rise, Nottingham (1893)
- Simon and Pickard Warehouse, Castle Boulevard, Nottingham (1894)
- Baptist Chapel, Woodborough Road, Nottingham (1893 - 1894)
- Jessops Drapery Store, 14-30 King Street, Nottingham, (1895)
- 62 and 64 Castle Boulevard, Nottingham (1895)
- Furley and Co, Lower Parliament Street/Clinton Street, Nottingham (1896) - now LloydsTSB
- Cuckson, Hazeldine and Manderfield Warehouse, Barker Gate, Nottingham (1897)
- Queens Chambers, Queens Street/Long Row, Nottingham (1897)
- Lambley Almshouses, Woodborough Road, Nottingham (1897)
- The Yorker Public House, Mansfield Road, Nottingham (1898) - now The Rose of England
- 9 High Pavement, Nottingham (1898)
- Carlton Laundry, Marhill Road, Gedling (1899)
- Burlington Tower, Burlington Road, Nottingham (1899)
- Nottingham and Notts Bank, 111 Carrington Street, Nottingham (1900) - now vhs Fletchers solicitors
- 65-71 Foxhall Road, Nottingham (1901)
- 75-95, Foxhall Road, Nottingham (1901)
- Beechwood, 30A Mapperley Road, Nottingham (1904)
- 413-419 Mansfield Road, Nottingham (1906)
Notes
Further reading
- Brand, Ken (2009) "Watson Fothergill: a provincial goth", in: Ferry, Kathryn, ed. Powerhouses of Provincial Architecture, 1837-1914. London: Victorian Society; pp. 28–43
External links
- Norris Ladies Almshouses, Berridge Road, Nottingham on Google Street View.
- Clawson Lodge, Watcombe Road, Nottingham on Google Street View
- 21 and 23 Newcastle Drive, The Park, Nottingham on Google Street View
- 39 Newcastle Drive, The Park, Nottingham on Google Street View
- Edale House, Clumber Road East, The Park, Nottingham on Google Street View
- No 3, South Road, The Park, Nottingham on Google Street View
- No. 5 and No. 7 Lenton Road, The Park, Nottingham on Google Street View
- No. 3 and No. 4 Huntingdon Drive, The Park, Nottingham on Google Street View
- 93-95 Derby Road, Nottingham on Google Street View
- The 'Buildings' section of Nottingham21 Web Site has photographs of most of the surviving Fothergill buildings in the city.
- A collection of photographs of Fothergill buildings on Geograph UK