Good evening everybody.
I visited here with @blueprint507 and it's been my first explore in a while. Good to get to a new place and meet a fellow explorer.
As you can see from the photos the place has deteriorated more over time....
Nottingham Guildhall was built in 1887 to 1888 to replace the previous Nottingham Guild Hall on Weekday Cross. Following a competition with Alfred Waterhouse as the judge, the French Renaissance Revival design by the architects Thomas Verity and George Henry Hunt was chosen.
Gabbutts of Liverpool were chosen as contractors much to the annoyance of local building companies. The initial estimate for the building was £128,416 (equivalent to £13,759,981 in 2021), and immediately the council asked Verity and Hunt to simplify the design. The building closed in 2010 when it all moved to Loxley House.
Remaining inside is the vandalised remains of a smorgasbord of different public sector services, all with their signs thrown left, right and centre. I've tried to cover the place best as possible in the dark using a cheap but undrainable Maglite so photos aren't the best- enjoy.
A couple of historic photos:
(From picturenottingham.co.uk hence the watermark. I do not own these)
The outside, taken around 1897.
"City of Nottingham boundary extension enquiry, The Guildhall, Burton Street, Nottingham, 1920" - again from picturenottingham.co.uk
Anyway, back to 2024. A photo of the underground bits which I'm not sure have been covered yet... it's an old air raid shelter with catacombs.
And a staircase leading further down into them! This place was bit of a labyrinth, no minotaur luckily.
A little bit of comic relief I suppose?
Discovered the attic at the top- loads of random paperwork dating back from all over the 20th Century.
The roof, taken from an attic window (didn't go on the roof for obvious reasons)
Nice staircase, right?
And the courtroom of course. @blueprint507 "Will the defendant please enter the courtroom?"
Apologies for all the shadows, courtrooms were dark and flickering.
One of the cell doors.
Quick one of the courtyard:
I don't think Henry Enfield would approve of the state of the building!
('Henry Enfield was Town Clerk from 1815-45. Listed in Pigot & Co Directory for Nottingham,1830, as Town Clerk, Clerk of the Peace and Town Treasurer.')
No wonder he looks so disappointed.
(Image of Henry Enfield below from 1844, from PictureNottingham.co.uk , credit to the relevant owner )
Thanks all.
I visited here with @blueprint507 and it's been my first explore in a while. Good to get to a new place and meet a fellow explorer.
As you can see from the photos the place has deteriorated more over time....
Nottingham Guildhall was built in 1887 to 1888 to replace the previous Nottingham Guild Hall on Weekday Cross. Following a competition with Alfred Waterhouse as the judge, the French Renaissance Revival design by the architects Thomas Verity and George Henry Hunt was chosen.
Gabbutts of Liverpool were chosen as contractors much to the annoyance of local building companies. The initial estimate for the building was £128,416 (equivalent to £13,759,981 in 2021), and immediately the council asked Verity and Hunt to simplify the design. The building closed in 2010 when it all moved to Loxley House.
Remaining inside is the vandalised remains of a smorgasbord of different public sector services, all with their signs thrown left, right and centre. I've tried to cover the place best as possible in the dark using a cheap but undrainable Maglite so photos aren't the best- enjoy.
A couple of historic photos:
(From picturenottingham.co.uk hence the watermark. I do not own these)
The outside, taken around 1897.
"City of Nottingham boundary extension enquiry, The Guildhall, Burton Street, Nottingham, 1920" - again from picturenottingham.co.uk
Anyway, back to 2024. A photo of the underground bits which I'm not sure have been covered yet... it's an old air raid shelter with catacombs.
And a staircase leading further down into them! This place was bit of a labyrinth, no minotaur luckily.
A little bit of comic relief I suppose?
Discovered the attic at the top- loads of random paperwork dating back from all over the 20th Century.
The roof, taken from an attic window (didn't go on the roof for obvious reasons)
Nice staircase, right?
And the courtroom of course. @blueprint507 "Will the defendant please enter the courtroom?"
Apologies for all the shadows, courtrooms were dark and flickering.
One of the cell doors.
Quick one of the courtyard:
I don't think Henry Enfield would approve of the state of the building!
('Henry Enfield was Town Clerk from 1815-45. Listed in Pigot & Co Directory for Nottingham,1830, as Town Clerk, Clerk of the Peace and Town Treasurer.')
No wonder he looks so disappointed.
(Image of Henry Enfield below from 1844, from PictureNottingham.co.uk , credit to the relevant owner )
Thanks all.
luckily just rested and not nailed on, missed a lot as i stupidly forgot my torch in the car, very trashed inside now
