Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5639NE PARK TERRACE
646-1/19/481 (South West side)
Nos.15, 16 AND 17
and attached railings and gateways

GV II

3 houses with attached railings and gateways. c1827-1833, with
mid C19 and mid C20. By PF Robinson for the fourth Duke of
Newcastle. Stucco, with hipped slate roofs. 3 large side wall
stacks with multiple flues. Italianate style.
String courses, pilasters, modillion eaves. Windows are mainly
glazing bar sashes, with moulded surrounds. 3 storeys plus
attics; 4 window range. The houses stand on a steep slope and
are entered at first floor level from Park Terrace.
Main front, facing the Park, has a recessed centre flanked by
square wings, the left one higher, with pyramidal roofs.
Ground floor has French windows flanked by single glazing bar
windows. First floor has a verandah, 3 bays, on cast-iron
columns, covering 2 French windows. To left, a large cross
casement, mid C20, and to right, a round-arched glazing bar
sash with keystone. Above again, 4 sashes. Attics have 2
hipped dormers. Left wing attic has a single small sash.
Rear, to Park Terrace, is highly irregular. To left, a pair of
scroll-topped wrought-iron gates with square piers, rendered,
with pyramidal caps. To their right, a square porch with
similar corner piers and panelled door. Beyond, a short
spearhead railing and gate, then a round-arched gateway,
ashlar, with wrought-iron gate and square piers.
This building is part of an early scheme by the Duke of
Newcastle to develop the Castle Park.
(The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London:
1979-: 244-245; Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: The Park
estate, Nottingham: Nottingham: 1984-: 12-13).

Listing NGR: SK5654139933

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26311592

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