Guided tours of Nottingham
You won't be surprised to learn that I enjoy watching programmes about architecture on television. A great series that presents an accessible introduction to the history of architecture is currently running on Yesterday - Architecture The Railways Built, with the wonderfully enthusiastic Tim Dunn. Tim Dunn at St Pancras Station, Photo: BrownBob Productions This week's… Continue reading Architecture The Railways Built: St Pancras
A visit to London and I pulled in quite a few Victorian landmarks including Thomas Carlyle's House, using the last couple of days on my Art Fund Card (highly recommended if you visit a lot of museums). Carlyle's House features a bust of the writer on the front of the building, the portrait sculpted by… Continue reading Benjamin Creswick in London
One of the most interesting discoveries I’ve made while researching the buildings of Watson Fothergill is the identity of the sculptor of the terra cotta panels on two of his Nottingham city centre buildings. It turns out that the panels on the Parliament Street side of Furley & Co. grocers (now Lloyds Bank) and Fothergill’s… Continue reading Benjamin Creswick – Sculptor