Nottingham Buildings

The Offices of Watson Fothergill

15 &17 George Street, Nottingham

Watson Fothergill 1841 - 1928 was a local architect who designed some of Nottingham's best loved buildings, many of which survive to today.
Many influences were brought into his designs and he delighted in mixing them together in his own way to produce buildings that could never be said to be dull and boring.

He designed these offices that date from 1895  for himself.  They are one of the best surviving examples of his style and in the detail he pays tribute to those he admired and who influenced his work by incorporating the busts of Augustus Welby Pugin and George Edmond Street into the front facade together with inscriptions of the names Scott. Burges and Shaw, not forgetting a statue of a medieval architect in the centre.

Watson didn't go in for bland rectangular boxes and the city skyline is much enhanced by his efforts. It is such a great shame that others such as the magnificent Black Boy Hotel, Long Row fell victim to re-developments in the 1960's.  For more information on Fothergill click here

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