Nottingham - NG3 (Alexandra Park)
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Nottingham - NG3 (Alexandra Park)
Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 11 May 2012
A view of one of the large houses on The Crescent, an unadopted road off Woodborough Road at the side of the Alexandra Court block of flats. In August 1853 John Hine, the brother of T.C. Hine the well-known Nottingham architect, bought Thomas' 27 acres known as "Mapperley Hills Common" with the intention of developing an exclusive residential estate on it. However, it seems that cash flow problems arose and apart from a small number of properties on The Crescent, "Alexandra Park" was never developed as extensively as had been planned. The road is currently in a poor state of repair, although planning permission exists at present for several modern properties within the grounds of the large house nearest to the Alexandra Court block of flats.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.970714
Longitude
-1.140034