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Abbotsford Drive, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 1NF

The former Woodborough Road Baptist Church (now a Pakistani cultural centre) as seen from Alfred Street Central. The recreational facilities on the right-hand side of the picture belong to Huntingdon Roman Catholic Primary School.

The church is now an Islamic Centre. Built in bright Nottingham Patent Brick in a characteristically idiosyncratic Romanesque style, it is Grade II listed: http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-459123-woodborough-road-islamic-social-centre-#.VZUQViiwHZY For more about Fothergill, and photographs of his buildings, see http://www.geograph.org.uk/article/The-Buildings-of-Watson-Fothergill .

The work of Watson Fothergill. I have given it its original name in the title, it is now The Pakistan Centre. It was completed in 1893 and listed Grade II in 1978.

The work of Watson Fothergill. I have given it its original name in the title, it is now The Pakistan Centre. It was completed in 1893 and listed Grade II in 1978.

Formerly the Woodborough Road Baptist Church, completed in 1893 and listed Grade II in 1978. The work of Watson Fothergill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_Fothergill .

The church, now the Pakistan Centre, is one of the most striking works of Nottingham's most celebrated Victorian architect, Watson Fothergill. For a closer view, see David Lally's Image] (taken on a much sunnier day) and others. The picture was taken from the upper deck of a Gedling bus as it stood at the Shelton Street stop.

With typical Watson Fothergill detailing. Note in particular the carved lettering above.

The lower end (i.e the city centre end) of Woodborough Road (B684). This new medium-sized housing estate, completed at the end of 2011, lies immediately beyond the ex-Woodborough Road Baptist Church on the left of this picture. The ex-church now houses a Pakistani cultural centre. No.237 Woodborough Road, a house that used to exist on this stretch of road, was one of Arthur Mee's many homes. Mee (1875-1943), the second of ten children, moved here in 1889 when he was 14 yrs old. He matured into a prolific writer and is perhaps most famous for writing and editing the serialised publications "The Children's Encyclopaedia" and "The Children's Newspaper", although he was also highly regarded as journalist and editor within the London-based newspaper industry. He died in Eynsford, Kent in 1943.

Decoration by the entrance of the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (The Pakistan Centre).

The work of Watson Fothergill. I have given it its original name in the title, it is now The Pakistan Centre. It was completed in 1893 and listed Grade II in 1978.