Nottingham Guildhall
<templatestyles src="Module:Hatnote/styles.css"></templatestyles>
Nottingham Guildhall is a former Magistrates' Court in Nottingham, England.
History
Nottingham Guildhall was built in 1887 to 1888 to replace the previous Nottingham Guild Hall on Weekday Cross. Following a competition with Alfred Waterhouse as the judge, the French Renaissance Revival design by the architects Thomas Verity and George Henry Hunt was chosen. Garbutts of Liverpool were chosen as contractors much to the annoyance of local building companies.[1]
The initial estimate for the building was £128,416 (£Error when using {{Inflation}}: |end_year=2,024 (parameter 4) is greater than the latest available year (2,021) in index "UK". as of 2024),[2] and immediately the council asked Verity and Hunt to simplify the design. The building as erected contained the Police (magistrates') Court. the Central Police Station and the new Fire Station.
The building was erected for a cost of £65,000 (£Error when using {{Inflation}}: |end_year=2,024 (parameter 4) is greater than the latest available year (2,021) in index "UK". as of 2024),[2] [3]
In 1996, all magistrates were moved to the new Nottingham Magistrates' Court building.[4]
Between 1996 and 2010 the Guildhall was occupied by Nottingham City Council. In 2010 the Council left for new, modern offices at Loxley House, close to Nottingham Rail Station. Since this date the building has remained Council owned but is relatively unused. The Council aims to sell-off the building, ideally to be converted into a luxury hotel.
Caves
The 2 level cave system is reached by an open well stair. The brick lined passages and cells were extensively modified during World War II for use as emergency headquarters and air raid shelters.
See also
External links
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
References
- ↑ Victorian Nottingham. A Story in Pictures. Richard Iliffe and WIlfred Baguley. Volume 19.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found. Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; name "inflation-UK" defined multiple times with different content - ↑ Strangers Guide to Nottingham. 1892.
- ↑ The Architects' journal, Volume 218, 2003
Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
  |
This article relating to law in the United Kingdom, or its constituent jurisdictions, is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Pages with reference errors
- Use dmy dates from February 2015
- Use British English from February 2015
- Pages with broken file links
- Pages with errors in inflation template
- Articles using small message boxes
- Courts in England
- Magistrates' courts in England and Wales
- Nottingham
- Buildings and structures in Nottingham
- Grade II listed buildings in Nottinghamshire
- Courthouses
- United Kingdom law stubs
.JPG){kind=link}