Nottingham Gordon Home, Cranmer Street
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Nottingham Gordon Home, Cranmer Street
Image: © Stephen Craven Taken: 18 Jan 2020
General Gordon is most famous for the Siege of Khartoum, but in 1885 he founded a "home for destitute boys of working age" in Nottingham (see http://mapperleyandsherwoodhistorygroup.co.uk/the-gordon-boys-home for a full history). It occupied this building from 1904 to 1958. After that it as variously used as a Civil Defence Centre, teacher training college, student accommodation and is now private rented accommodation.
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Image Location
Latitude
52.964748
Longitude
-1.147895