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On the corner of Clinton Street West and Lower Parliament Street and now a bank with offices (to let) above, this Watson Fothergill building was originally a shop, commissioned by Furley & Co, high-class provision merchants. Ken Brand's Nottingham Civic Society monograph explains that the terra-cotta panels appropriately depict men plying a sampan (carrying China tea towards Furley's perhaps) and an oriental market. To see the window to the right, click http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1853606 .

On the corner of Clinton Street West and Lower Parliament Street and now a bank with offices (to let) above, this Watson Fothergill building was originally a shop, commissioned by Furley & Co, high-class provision merchants. The two terra-cotta panels depict sugar-cane being cut (left) and boiled (right), complementing two oriental panels under the identical window to the left http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1824216 .

Recognisably in Burton's house style (e.g. Image]), by the company man Harry Wilson, 1927-28. Now clothes shop USC.

Nottingham City Transport claims its new fleet of 53 Scania bio-gas double-deckers is the largest in the world. Advertisements on the buses read "Nottingham City Transport is supporting Nottingham's vision to be the cleanest and greenest city ... [these buses] will make a significant reduction to our carbon footprint and improvement to the air quality in Nottingham". This one offered a comfortable ride to Trent Bridge.

Looking towards Lower Parliament Street and the Victoria Centre from the corner of Lincoln Street. The dormered red-brick building is Watson Fothergill's Furley's store. The concrete block on the right was built on the site of the brick-lined railway cutting to the south of Victoria Station, between Parliament Street and Thurland Street Tunnel.

From the corner of Lincoln Street looking north. The blue structure in the distance is part of the new Trinity Square development on Milton Street.

A Watson Fothergill building from 1896. The hanging garden effect is not part of the original design.

A lesser work of Watson Fothergill, but still recognisably his (e.g. the dormers are similar to these Image]). Built 1896. Grade II listed. Originally occupied by Furley & Co., provision merchants, and now a branch of Lloyds Bank. 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. Close-ups: Image], Image

A Watson Fothergill building from 1896 on the corner of Lower Parliament Street and Clinton Street West. Now, as can be seen, the ground floor is occupied by Lloyds TSB and the offices above are To Let by Innes England.