Castle Road, 1963
Looking south from junction with Hounds Gate and showing Mortimer House (now The Castle public house.) Mortimer House was designed by Nottingham's renowned architect Watson Fothergill. The row of shops and offices, was built in 1883 for Mr. Tate. The roof line is extremely varied and complex as the building runs down the slope between Hounds Gate and round the corner into Castle Gate. A square tower dominates the top end, while a rounded turret caps the lower end. The style is less Gothic and more Old English vernacular, or even a touch northern European - Fothergill was greatly influenced by Continental architecture, particularly the buildings of Germany, which shows in the building seen here. It had previously been an antiques shop and a tea rooms before its main use since the 1970s as a public house.
Castle Road and Castle Gate junction, 1971
Jessamine Cottages, Castle Road, c 1950
This photograph is copy by George L Roberts from Lewis Richmond Album 1936-1945.
Castle Road, c 1950s
Castle Road, c 1950s
This photograph is copy by George L Roberts from Lewis Richmond Album 1936-1945.
Castle Road, c 1950s Shows Jessamine Cottages
Castle Gate, 1938
Showing Royal Children public house.
1 comment:
I did my motorcycle test hill start on Castle Rd back in 1956. The funny thing is, until someone asked me later how I'd got on, I wasn't even aware a hill start was part of the test! I just assumed the tester had stopped me to give further instructions. Of course, it's not a particularly difficult manoeuvre on a motorbike.
IIRC, the test centre was on Castle Gate, nr what is now the Broadmarsh Centre, for both cars and motorcycles. A lot of the test involved rising round the triangular car park on the site of the former alms houses and along Canal St. The tester was on foot.
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