The Park Estate
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The Park Estate is a 150-acre (0.61 km²) residential estate just to the west of the city centre of Nottingham, England that was built in what was once the deer park of Nottingham Castle.
The first domestic building in the park was built opposite the castle gatehouse in 1809 as the vicarage to St. Mary's Church
Major development began in the 1820s under the fourth Duke of Newcastle, despite much opposition from locals, who regarded the area as public land. Development continued under the Fifth Duke, Henry Pelham Clinton, who appointed Thomas Chambers Hine, the city's finest architect, to design the great houses. Today, the Park Estate is one of the most remarkable residential estates in the whole of the United Kingdom, and although many of the huge Victorian Gothic mansions have been converted into flats, it retains much of its original character, including the original gas lighting network believed to be the largest in Europe.
In 1938, the 8th Duke of Newcastle sold the Park to Oxford University. In 1986 negotiations between The Park Residents Association and Oxford University Chest resulted in the ownership of the Estate, together with the rights and responsibilities that went with that ownership, were transferred to the newly formed Company limited by guarantee, The Nottingham Park Estate Limited, formed by residents of the Estate.
