Not keeping up appearances...Newdigate House
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I think this is a beautiful building in Nottingham City Centre that is in quite a sad state of repair. The rainy day actually enhance its charm I think...
House, now club, and attached railings and boundary wall. c1675. For Thomas Newdigate. Stucco with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roof. EXTERIOR: plinth, chamfered quoins, modillion eaves cornice. 3 storeys plus attics; 5 window range of 12-pane sashes with moulded surrounds and alternating triangular and segmental pediments. Above, 5 similar sashes with lugged architraves and fleurons. Above again, 3 dormers with alternating pediments and 9-pane casements. Central moulded ashlar doorcase with volutes and broken segmental pediment and fielded 6-panel door. On either side, two 12-pane sashes with alternating pediments. INTERIOR has an entrance hall with full height moulded wooden panels and cornice, and 8-panel door with bolection moulded surround. Ground floor dining room has Adam-style plasterwork and 2 round skylights. Restored wooden dogleg staircase with stick balusters. 2 fully panelled first floor rooms with moulded cornices and 8-panel doors Outside, attached crested wrought-iron railing, central gateway and overthrow, probably by Francis Foulgham. Rendered plinth with ashlar coping. To left, attached boundary wall, brick with slab coping, containing a wooden doorcase with entablature and 6-panel door. Approx 10m long. Marshal Tallard was held prisoner here after the battle of Blenheim. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 235-236).
Not keeping up appearances...Newdigate House
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder and I think this is a beautiful building in Nottingham City Centre that is in quite a sad state of repair. The rainy day actually enhance its charm I think...
House, now club, and attached railings and boundary wall. c1675. For Thomas Newdigate. Stucco with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roof. EXTERIOR: plinth, chamfered quoins, modillion eaves cornice. 3 storeys plus attics; 5 window range of 12-pane sashes with moulded surrounds and alternating triangular and segmental pediments. Above, 5 similar sashes with lugged architraves and fleurons. Above again, 3 dormers with alternating pediments and 9-pane casements. Central moulded ashlar doorcase with volutes and broken segmental pediment and fielded 6-panel door. On either side, two 12-pane sashes with alternating pediments. INTERIOR has an entrance hall with full height moulded wooden panels and cornice, and 8-panel door with bolection moulded surround. Ground floor dining room has Adam-style plasterwork and 2 round skylights. Restored wooden dogleg staircase with stick balusters. 2 fully panelled first floor rooms with moulded cornices and 8-panel doors Outside, attached crested wrought-iron railing, central gateway and overthrow, probably by Francis Foulgham. Rendered plinth with ashlar coping. To left, attached boundary wall, brick with slab coping, containing a wooden doorcase with entablature and 6-panel door. Approx 10m long. Marshal Tallard was held prisoner here after the battle of Blenheim. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 235-236).