Watson Fothergill
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Watson Fothergill was an architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly of the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture styles.
His work dates from between the years 1870 - 1912.
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[edit] Birth & Early Years
Born Fothergill Watson in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1841, he was the son of a wealthy Nottingham Lace merchant. He changed his name to Watson Fothergill in 1892 in order to continue his maternal family name.
[edit] Family
He married Anne Hage in 1867 in Mansfield.
[edit] Career
He is credited as having had a great impact on the architecture of the major British industrial city of Nottingham, and designed over a hundred buildings in the city, from offices, banks and warehouses, to churches and private dwelling houses.
His easily recognisable style includes the use of contrasting horizontal bands of red and blue brick, dark timber eaves and balconies, and elaborate turrets and stone carvings.
Some of his most prominent buildings include;
- Former Jessops building (1895) on King Street, Nottingham
- Queens Chambers (1897) on the Corner of Queens Street and Long Row
- Mortimer House (1883) on Castle Road
- Nottingham and Notts Bank (Now NatWest) (1877 - 1882) on Thurland Street
[edit] Links
The Watson Fothergill Homepage [1]
