The Vale Hotel, Mansfield Road, Nottingham, NG5

Image: © David Hallam-Jones Taken: 12 Jan 2014

The front of this historic pub faces Mansfield Road, i.e. the A60, whereas this south-easterly end faces Thackeray's Lane, i.e. the A6211. The bus appears to be heading towards Sherwood and then on to Nottingham city centre. These licensed premises were designed by the Nottingham born and nationally acclaimed architect Mr T. Cecil Howitt. It was designed as a hotel and built in 1935-37 with two single-storey wings and art deco style semi-circular bowed windows, one of which is seen here. A further single storey wing room was added to the rear in 1964 in similar style with a bay window by Howitt & Partners. The original internal layout has been retained with only a modest 'opening-up' and overall the pub is a Grade II-listed building because of its late-1930s 'Moderne' style. Also visible is its notable inn sign, the subject of a separate statutory listing, consisting of a circular base with carved bench seats and a fluted Doric column of stone with a capital topped with a three sided lantern that has been replaced by sign boards. Thackeray's forms part of the boundary separating Nottingham (NG5) and the town of Arnold in the Borough of Gedling.

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