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Built between 1877-1882 it is now a slightly upmarket boutique. Another creation of the architect Watson Fothergill. A Grade II listed building.

One of Watson Fothergill's larger works, built in 1878-82, the nearer, and rather blander, section added in 1924-25 by Basil Baily. The detail is more sparing than in most of Fothergill's other buildings (Image]). The main feature is the mighty tower with timbering and turrets (Image]). Grade II listed. Built for Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, now converted to several shops, including All Saints, Bravissimo, Pepperberry. Watson Fothergill, or Fothergill Watson as he began life, is Nottingham's Victorian architectural superstar. Walking around the city, it's not long before his idiosyncratic buildings jump out. Drawing on English traditions in a style sometimes labelled as Domestic Revival, his copious use of polychromatic bands of stone, timberwork and carved detail are very distinctive. In lesser hands, a mass of features results in an overwrought jumble, but Fothergill, despite apparently never working outside Nottinghamshire, and rarely even outside the city, was clearly skilled enough to blend everything together successfully. More close-ups: Image], Image], Image] and Image

Entrance to offices above the bank in Watson Fothergill's building Image

This is part of the extension added to Watson Fothergill's Nottingham & Notts Bank (1878-82) on Thurland Street. This part of the bank was designed by Fothergill but refaced in the 1920s by Brewill & Bailey. The bank is now a clothing store and the bar to the left has changed hands since Alan Murray-Rust took Image] in June 2008.

This is part of the extension added to Watson Fothergill's Nottingham & Notts Bank (1878-82) on Thurland Street (to the right). This part of the bank was designed by Fothergill but refaced in the 1920s by Brewill & Bailey. The corner door was originally a window. Neither architects nor bankers could have envisaged that in the 21st century the building - now a clothing store - would be advertising "Clothes designed with your boobs in mind"....

Part of the Thurland Street frontage of the former Nottingham & Notts Bank (now a lingerie shop). The building dates from 1882 and exhibits many characteristic features of the architect Watson Fothergill's eclectic style. Neither architect nor bankers could have envisaged that in the 21st century a comely woman in bra and pants would have been smiling so gaily out of one of the windows.... For more about Fothergill, and photographs of most of his buildings, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/The-Buildings-of-Watson-Fothergill .

Grade II listed building, the work of Watson Fothergill, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/The-Buildings-of-Watson-Fothergill#nottingham-and-notts-bank-thurland-street-nottingham .

Built between 1877-1882 as Nottingham & Notts. Bank, Head Office it is now a slightly upmarket boutique. Another creation of the architect Watson Fothergill. A Grade II listed building.

The elaborate building on the right is Watson Fothergill's Nottingham & Nottinghamshire Bank (1878-82). Until the closure of Victoria Station, the Great Central Railway line ran in a tunnel directly beneath this street. Its southern portal was at Weekday Cross, where the Nottingham Contemporary art gallery now stands.

"The full-throttle Rhenish tower" of this building: Image