Nottingham Shire Hall: portico
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Nottingham Shire Hall: portico
Image: © John Sutton Taken: 22 Apr 2010
The inscription above the Ionic portico reads "This County Hall / was erected in the year MDCCLXX / and in the tenth year of the reign / of his majesty George the III". Inscribed on the architrave below the fasces are the words "J Gandon Arch" - but the building was much altered, with rather Frenchified extensions east and west, by the Nottingham architect T C Hine (1876-9). "The facade is now only just recognisable as Gandon's," says Pevsner. For an idea of it, click http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1822610 .
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Image Location
Latitude
52.95079
Longitude
-1.144448