Mortimer House the Old Castle Inn
1, 3, 5, 5A, 7 AND 7A, CASTLE ROAD
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246812
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- List Entry Name:
- Mortimer House the Old Castle Inn
- Statutory Address:
- 1, 3, 5, 5A, 7 AND 7A, CASTLE ROAD
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1246812
- Date first listed:
- 12-Jul-1972
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 30-Nov-1995
- List Entry Name:
- Mortimer House the Old Castle Inn
- Statutory Address 1:
- 1, 3, 5, 5A, 7 AND 7A, CASTLE ROAD
- Statutory Address 2:
- 75 AND 77, HOUNDS GATE
- Statutory Address 3:
- MORTIMER HOUSE, CASTLE ROAD
- Statutory Address 4:
- THE OLD CASTLE INN, CASTLE ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- 1, 3, 5, 5A, 7 AND 7A, CASTLE ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- 75 AND 77, HOUNDS GATE
- Statutory Address:
- MORTIMER HOUSE, CASTLE ROAD
- Statutory Address:
- THE OLD CASTLE INN, CASTLE ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- SK 56990 39601
Details
NOTTINGHAM
SK5639NE CASTLE ROAD 646-1/19/118 (East side) 12/07/72 Nos.1, 3, 5, 5A, 7 and 7A Mortimer House and The Old Castle Inn (Formerly Listed as: CASTLE ROAD Nos.1, 3, 5, 5A, 7 and 7A) (Formerly Listed as: HOUNDS GATE Nos.75 AND 77)
GV II
Includes: Nos.75 AND 77 HOUNDS GATE. Public house, cafe, shops and offices. 1883. By Watson Fothergill. Altered late C20. Red brick, with ashlar and blue brick dressings and gabled and hipped plain tile roofs. Various stylized stacks. Domestic Revival style. EXTERIOR: 2 and 3 storeys plus attics; 14 x 5 windows. Windows are mainly wooden framed cross casements with segmental heads. In the centre, 2 blocks, 2:2:3 windows, with a staggered roofline and prominent ridge, gable and front wall stacks. To left, a hipped dormer. Below, a double doorway with tiled canopy, flanked by 3-light windows. To right, a late C20 shopfront with French windows. At each end, a facing gable, the higher left gable with a timber-framed oriel window on the first floor. Right gable has 2 first floor windows, and single windows above and below. Beyond, to right, a rounded corner with 2 windows under a parapet, and above, set back, a short round turret with a hipped dormer window and a conical roof. Below, an original shopfront with cross mullioned window and cast-iron columns. Public house, at the left corner, has an angled corner entrance bay, flanked on each return by a cross mullioned shop window. Above, a timber-framed oriel window on wooden arch brackets. To right, a square tower, 4 stages, with 2 large side wall stacks, and a hipped roof topped with a weather vane. On the ground floor, a pointed arched doorway. Left return, to Houndsgate, has regular fenestration and a projecting side wall stack. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 236; Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: Watson Fothergill, Architect: Nottingham: 1987-: 8).
Listing NGR: SK5699039601
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 455778
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Williamson, E, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire, (1979), 236
Brand, K, Get To Know Nottingham in Watson Fothergill Architect, (1987), 8
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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