This magnificent,
recently restored building
was
designed
by Nottingham architect
Thomas
Chambers Hine. It
was
named
after
its
owner,
Thomas
Adams, a Quaker and Victorian industrialist and was opened in
1855. Construction in several phases extended
over
a
20-year
period
between
1854
and
1874. It was designed as a lace showroom and warehouse where lace was
finished off prior to sale.
The building was
acquired by the Lace Market Heritage Trust in 1996 and was at one time
considered for the HQ of English Heritage. This proposal failed but
restoration went ahead by The New College Nottingham and the building was
re-opened in 1999.
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