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Nottingham’s Oldest Town House To Be Restored

September 20, 2008 at 11:11 am | In Buildings, Derelict and Demolished, News | 1 Comment
Tags: georgian, lace market, pilcher gate

The future of 41 Pilcher Gate is looking a little brighter:

A PROJECT to restore a 17th Century town house in the Lace Market has been given the go ahead.

The building at 41 Pilcher Gate has been derelict for up to 20 years.

Featuring a fine sweeping staircase, it is one of the last remaining run-down buildings in the Lace Market and is believed to be the oldest town house in Nottingham.

Nottingham City Council has now approved a £2m renovation to convert the listed building into six apartments and two offices surrounding a courtyard.

The project is a partnership between Metropolitan Housing Trust, architects Franklin Ellis, and developer and owner of the building, Bildurn. But they are seeking public money to complete the renovation.

Deborah Higgins, of Metropolitan Housing, said the flats would provide affordable housing and fill in “one of the last pieces of the Lace Market jigsaw”

This is Nottingham.

This is great news! One of Nottingham’s oldest buildings will be saved, the Lace Market area will be even more improved and affordable housing will be made available.

41 Pilcher Gate

August 26, 2008 at 11:00 am | In Buildings, Derelict and Demolished | Leave a Comment
Tags: georgian, lace market, pilcher gate, sherwin

41 Pilcher Gate, Nottingham

This Georgian house stands on the corner of Pilcher Gate and St Mary’s Walk and was built around 1705 as a town house for the Sherwin family. It’s believed to be the one of the oldest residences in the City of Nottingham.

In The stranger’s guide through the town of Nottingham published in 1827 it was described as

a noble mansion, the seat of Wm. Trentham, Esq. It was the ancient family mansion of the Sherwins, and the ground on which it is built, is on a level with the Castle-yard

It’s currently in a sad state of disrepair and at one time there were plans before the council to demolish it.

Thankfully, those plans have been withdrawn and a new planning application has been submitted that proposes a complete and sensitive renovation and conversion to apartments and business premises.

Incidentally, a pilcher was a fur trader and Pilcher Gate was where they plied their trade.