.... 23 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 I keep looking at the building below situated on the corner of Clarendon Street and Goldsmith Street. The architecture is similar but it's not right. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=clarendon+street+nottingham&hl=en&ll=52.958602,-1.155678&spn=0.000845,0.002642&hnear=Clarendon+St,+Nottingham,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.95854,-1.156097&panoid=WFJHqbpAEZ-VuQ2tuRaBGQ&cbp=12,274.24,,0,-5.31 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Let's have a go at another one then. Nottingham city centre, present day. Former School of Art, junction of Waverley Street/Peel Street I keep looking at the building below situated on the corner of Clarendon Street and Goldsmith Street. The architecture is similar but it's not right. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=clarendon+street+nottingham&hl=en&ll=52.958602,-1.155678&spn=0.000845,0.002642&hnear=Clarendon+St,+Nottingham,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.95854,-1.156097&panoid=WFJHqbpAEZ-VuQ2tuRaBGQ&cbp=12,274.24,,0,-5.31 I'm not sure, but my mystery building may well be the work of the same architect (not Watson F) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 College street ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 To be more precise Byron house college street Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Former School of Art, junction of Waverley Street/Peel Street Correct! Now part of NTU's city campus. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 To be more precise Byron house college street No, but closer than previous guesses Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted February 19, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 This one's on the corner of Oxford Street and Regent Street. No idea who the well-known resident was though. https://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=2+The+Ropewalk+nottingham&ll=52.953105,-1.157215&spn=0.000907,0.001725&hnear=2+The+Ropewalk,+Nottingham+NG1+5DT,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=52.953238,-1.157694&panoid=kFYnvVn9CuZeL2TSWYfTmA&cbp=12,153.31,,0,-9.58 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted February 19, 2013 Report Share Posted February 19, 2013 Correct! It was the offices of TC Hine, the other victorian Nottingham architect. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted February 27, 2013 Report Share Posted February 27, 2013 Wasn't it accomodation for student nurses at the General Hospital at on time? I always remember them in their blue capes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 You may or may not be able to identify this famous Nottinghamshire resident by the inscription but who was he and on which Nottinghamshire building is this plaque prominently situated? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hippo girl 1,995 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Can't read the inscription but is it Paul Sanby, the Nottingham artist ? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Not correct I'm afraid, C. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Give us a clue and I'll have a go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 He was in the arts and died at a young age... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
annswabey 599 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 It is Richard Parkes Bonington, on his home in Arnold?? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 20, 2013 Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 Or Henry Kirke White. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 20, 2013 It is Richard Parkes Bonington, on his home in Arnold?? Is correct! The plaque resides on the front of the building on High Street which is nowadays the Arnold Labour club. http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?q=high+street+arnold&ll=53.004196,-1.128561&spn=0.000876,0.002642&hnear=High+St,+Arnold,+United+Kingdom&gl=uk&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.00429,-1.129053&panoid=ZFeTig_UNuBjGQuDu3aPLg&cbp=12,305.76,,0,-12.85 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bamber 128 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 It always struck me as a bit cheeky of Arnold to claim RPB as their own. He moved to France with his parents when a teenager, studying and working on the continent until his untimely death in his middle twenties. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
.... 23 Posted March 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 An interesting point, Bamber. I've just this past week listened to a talk also by a Redhill resident which included a description of how he has been refurbishing a statue of the artist for the past year which has been bequeathed and will go on public display. Richard Parkes Bonington is commonly described as coming from Arnold so I decided to do a little cursory research. Apologies, as I'm sure you are aware of the following information already. Firstly, Richard Parkes Bonington was born in Arnold in 1802, his first home was at High Street in Arnold. His mother opened a school in Arnold just after he was born and his father was the Governor of Nottingham Gaol. His father nurtured his son's talent whilst in Arnold, resulting in his work being displayed in Liverpool at age 11 years. After this time his parents opened a lace factory but as a result of industrial unrest of the time they decided to emigrate to France in 1917, firstly to Calais then Paris the year after. The young Bonington spent parts of 1823 touring Belgium, much of 1924 in Dunkirk and several months of his short life in London in 1825. He further travelled extensively in Italy and made several extended stays to London before later returning there where he died and is buried. To summarise, Bonington was born in Arnold of parents who lived in the town. His first home was in Arnold and he spent fourteen of the twenty-five years of his life being brought up in Arnold. He is also known to have been a skilled artist, with at least one exhibition, at a very young age (though not yet formally trained) whilst in Arnold. In addition to hailing from the town, he has not been in any other part of the world for nearly the length of time that he spent in Arnold. I'd have to offer the humble opinion that Richard Parkes Bonington IS 'from Arnold' and rightly celebrated with a school and a theatre named after him. Others may disagree but I think it's perfectly reasonable to claim he is from the Nottinghamshire town. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 having the initials 'RB'....noticed a building on 'Broadway' in the lace market with 'RB' carved in the stonework all over it.....any idea who that 'RB' could be ???....there is a large carved coat of arms there too but too worn to work it out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Cliff Ton 10,435 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 At a guess Richard Birkin, who was famous in the lace world in those days. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Cheers Kev...looks promising...just been looking him up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Fynger 841 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 The Birkin Warehouse & Offices Broadway Nottingham This warehouse was designed by Thomas Chambers Hine and built in 1853/55 for Richard Birkin, one of the great Nottingham lace manufacturers. Birkin & Co Ltd. was established earlier in 1827 and Richard was responsible for several important developments in the Levers lace machine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beefsteak 305 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 An interesting point, Bamber. I've just this past week listened to a talk also by a Redhill resident which included a description of how he has been refurbishing a statue of the artist for the past year which has been bequeathed and will go on public display. Richard Parkes Bonington is commonly described as coming from Arnold so I decided to do a little cursory research. Apologies, as I'm sure you are aware of the following information already. Firstly, Richard Parkes Bonington was born in Arnold in 1802, his first home was at High Street in Arnold. His mother opened a school in Arnold just after he was born and his father was the Governor of Nottingham Gaol. His father nurtured his son's talent whilst in Arnold, resulting in his work being displayed in Liverpool at age 11 years. After this time his parents opened a lace factory but as a result of industrial unrest of the time they decided to emigrate to France in 1917, firstly to Calais then Paris the year after. The young Bonington spent parts of 1823 touring Belgium, much of 1924 in Dunkirk and several months of his short life in London in 1825. He further travelled extensively in Italy and made several extended stays to London before later returning there where he died and is buried. To summarise, Bonington was born in Arnold of parents who lived in the town. His first home was in Arnold and he spent fourteen of the twenty-five years of his life being brought up in Arnold. He is also known to have been a skilled artist, with at least one exhibition, at a very young age (though not yet formally trained) whilst in Arnold. In addition to hailing from the town, he has not been in any other part of the world for nearly the length of time that he spent in Arnold. I'd have to offer the humble opinion that Richard Parkes Bonington IS 'from Arnold' and rightly celebrated with a school and a theatre named after him. Others may disagree but I think it's perfectly reasonable to claim he is from the Nottinghamshire town. Not wishing to be pedantic but it wasn't a short life if he was touring Belgium in 1823 and Dunkirk 101 years later in 1924..................................... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gibbo 04 188 Posted March 21, 2013 Report Share Posted March 21, 2013 Everyone on here who, like me, enjoy looking at our architectural past, should check this site out, if you haven't already.....I alway's find something new when I visit it.......... Is this where you got your photo from Fynger? http://www.nottingham21.co.uk/ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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