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Tudor Grove, NOTTINGHAM, NG1 4HR

Facing terraces with an alleyway between. Nottingham expanded northwards from its mediaeval core in the years after the 1845 Enclosure Act.

Nottingham expanded northwards from its mediaeval core in the years after the 1845 Enclosure Act.

A view of an apartment block (in ex-industrial premises) taken from Colville St. A footpath, with children's play facilities on each side of it leads to & from Alpha Terrace.

On the other side of the playground is a former textile factory, now flats. Like many in Nottingham it has a clerestory roof which provided good light for the attic finishing rooms, where the finest work was done.

The building at the back shows the distinctive form of a Nottingham lace factory with the clerestory window ranges of the finishing shop on the top floor.

An apparently quiet corner not far from the City Centre - it will be less so at the start and end of the school day when High School pupils are arriving or departing.

A new facility being built for The Girls' High School on the corner of Addison Street and Arboretum Street (to the left of the yellow car). The brick wall in the bottom left-hand corner is a boundary wall of the Arboretum. Although members of the Arboretum Tenants' and Residents' Association expressed concern that this development would lead to increased traffic, noise pollution and be out of keeping with the Victorian architecture of Addison Street, the Council gave permission for this centre. It promises to provide better accommodation for pupils for performances, assemblies and teaching. It will include a 275 seat auditorium, improved back-of-house facilities and a reception foyer. In addition, a smaller 70 seat studio will provide for smaller performances. These facilities will be predominantly for school use, with an ancillary element of commercial and community uses that may include occasional performances or rehearsals by external theatre companies, amateur dramatic groups, local schools or by local community groups. It is costing £6.5m and is due to be completed in 2016.

A glimpse of some of the construction work occurring on the Girls' High School site, together with a stretch of one of the arboretum's boundary walls. The building work is occurring on the corner of Addison Street and Arboretum Street, the latter being behind the photographer. Beneath the section of road on which this car is seen turning a pedestrian tunnel exists linking two sections of the arboretum.

View of the closed end of the Alpha Terrace cul de sac, showing an apartment block that appears to have been converted from a former factory.