David Nimrod 6 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I've made several visits to this site in the last few weeks, on the last occasion I got in, and onto the roof... http://www.flickr.com/photos/david_nimrod/ 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
David Nimrod 6 Posted January 21, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Here's a view from the outside... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
notty ash 370 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Terribly sad that such an historic building should be allowed to go to ruin like this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Terribly sad that it isn't covered in prefabricated affordable housing. Unfortunately not all old warehouses and factories can be saved...populations increase and space is needed for homes.Preferably on brown field sites rather than the green belt. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Michael Booth 7,364 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Welcome to Nottstalgia, David Nimrod. I look forward to reading your posts and sharing your memories. Some interesting photos. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 David, welcome to Nottstalgia, from the interest that you obviously have in old (and new) Nottingham you should find the Forum fascinating. Knowing little about the building, I have just been "googling" around and it seems that it has had a sad and pretty chequered past since its dereliction. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I think the Ex G.N.R./L.N.E.R. grain houses are beyond saving and with their location the land they are on is of high value. Being as the site is close to the city centre,railway station & tram surely a good place for a up market housing development.? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
StephenFord 866 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Bubblewrap, I think you are right. It is a shame, but it was left derelict for far too long, and after the big fire it's now just a shell that cannot be retrieved. If it was, it would cost an arm and a leg, and much of it would not be original anyway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MELTONSTILTON 452 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I see you a member of Derelictplaces David. There is some great work on that site Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mick2me 3,033 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 I remember maybe 70s 80s there being a furniture retailer there? More recently werent there bodies found there? Surprised it has lasted so long, the rates must be colossal! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Commo 1,292 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Two murdered women found in 2005 and two men convicted of the murders in 2006, one apparently stating that he wanted to be Nottinghams first serial killer! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 21, 2014 Report Share Posted January 21, 2014 Welcome David and have fun. I believe that was a TC Hine designed building. Sad it has got that way. It needs to go. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I was reading about this the other week. Apparently the first floor was suspended from the roof so that the ground floor was a wide open space that carts could get around in. I did some work once for the daughter of the guy that owns it and they can't pull it down as it's listed. They tried to burn it down but lit the fire under the big water storage tank that then set the fire out. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FLY2 10,108 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I think it is listed, but it is an absolute eyesore. There are too many of these "too far gone " structures still surviving. It's time common sense prevailed, but that's too much to hope for. I also heard that the old cinema at Basford Crossing is listed, but is used as an industrial unit. That whole area should have been flattened when Basford Flats were demolished and a flyover built over the railway. The traffic hold ups are horrific at times now the trams control the traffic lights. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 Listed? "IF" it lists any further it will fall down 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 yes time to go, that said lots of other places should go as well, cannot agree with these total rights offs being kept in state they are in, likewise former cinema's etc that have become bingo halls, factories and god knows what else over the years, if as per original a different matter? interesting there was no preservation order on the odean cinema? guess in the wrong place? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilboro-lad 294 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I disagree. Listing should make the owner culpable if he doesn't maintain the fabric of the building. The council should then send the builders in and send the owner the bill. If the owner can't pay - then confiscate the building. Too many properties are being purposely left to ruin to achieve the end that you are offering them. Don't let them win. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bilbraborn 1,594 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 My missis reckons I'm like a listed building. I wonder what she means. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ashley 288 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 just cannot see why things thus get listed yet the black boy and vic station vanish?, good job the powers that be didn't think the concrete jungle deserved listing! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted January 27, 2014 Report Share Posted January 27, 2014 I quite agree. Some beautiful buildings have simply been levelled. Magnificent structures that could never be built today have just gone by the wayside, whereas some Godless concrete box gets a preservation order because some half-baked architect thinks it's a 'great example of the brutalist style'. I cringe at some of the buildings they are throwing up now. They are the kind of things that look great in an architect's portfolio, but look crap in a city centre - after only a few short years. Yet some building that had history, a heritage and still looked great gets knocked down. Nottingham had some fantastic buildings, but a short-sited council. We've moaned about it a lot here, I know...... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
poohbear 1,360 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Huge buildings demolished after 30/40 years deemed as unsuitable or inferior...areas like Trinity Square,an eyesore for many years replaced with another eyesore...the architect himself disgusted with the resultant mess due to interference by council plonkers, and the area being 'improved' already after just a few years. They should build public stocks in the middle and fill them with these so called 'experts' 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 I heard one of these "so called " "experts" fell over his guide dog & injured him self the other week. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bubblewrap 3,815 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 They should build public stocks in the middle and fill them with these so called 'experts' Or make these "so called" experts live in these buildings for a few years or build them close to where they live. (without heating ) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
barclaycon 569 Posted January 28, 2014 Report Share Posted January 28, 2014 Yes, absolutely. They should be forced to live in the places they commission and design. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Eva Engle 0 Posted April 3, 2015 Report Share Posted April 3, 2015 I was reading about this the other week. Apparently the first floor was suspended from the roof so that the ground floor was a wide open space that carts could get around in. I did some work once for the daughter of the guy that owns it and they can't pull it down as it's listed. They tried to burn it down but lit the fire under the big water storage tank that then set the fire out. Hi there everyone. I'm an urban explorer and filmmaker in Nottingham. I'm currently producing a Sci-Fi film and I'm really interested in the GNR building. I've visited it before and it just looks amazing! I'm trying to find a contact for the owner of the building so that we can get permission to film there. It's a bit of a health and safety nightmare Any advice would be much appreciated, thank you! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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