- Watson Fothergill
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His work dates from between the years 1870 - 1912.
Birth & Early Years
Born Fothergill Watson in
Mansfield ,Nottinghamshire in 1841, he was the son of a wealthyNottingham Lace merchant . He changed his name to Watson Fothergill in 1892 in order to continue his maternal family name.Family
He married Anne Hage in 1867 in Mansfield.
Career
He is credited as having had a great impact on the architecture of the major British industrial
city ofNottingham , 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 (NowNatWest ) (1877 - 1882) on Thurland StreetLinks
The Watson Fothergill Homepage [ [http://www.watsonfothergill.co.uk The Watson Fothergill Home Page ] at www.watsonfothergill.co.uk]
[http://www.nottingham21.co.uk/Buildings_index.htm The 'Buildings' section of Nottingham21 Web Site has photographs of most of the surviving Fothergill buildings in the city.]
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