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Woodborough Road, NOTTINGHAM, NG3 4JP

Where St Ann's and Mapperley meet.

A few metres further up this section of Woodborough Road, just after the right-hand Hungerhill Road turning, are the Lambley Almshouses. Turner, D., believes these replacement almshouses to have designed by Arthur Brown (1851-1935), Nottingham Corporation’s Engineer. (See http://www.theworksofwatsonfothergill.weebly.com ) This particular row, built in 1897 and consisting of twelve single-bedroomed dwellings, was built as a replacement for The Lambley Hospitals (i.e. almshouses) that existed at the summit of Derby Road. It seems that a charitable body - funded by the wealth of an estate owner in Lambley, Notts - financed the construction of the original complex of 22 rooms and various communal facilities in Derby Road for deserving burgesses, or their widows. They were however, replaced c.1896.

Ordnance Survey cut mark benchmark described on the Bench Mark Database at http://www.bench-marks.org.uk/bm47881

There is an OS benchmark Image on the brick wall pier on the boundary wall of the (former?) almshouses near the right hand side of the image

Rising steeply up to the junction with Woodborough Road.

Turner, D., believes these replacement almshouses – the Lambley Almshouses – to have designed by Arthur Brown (1851-1935), Nottingham Corporation’s Engineer. (http://theworksofwatsonfothergill.weebly.com). This particular row, built in 1897 and consisting of twelve single-bedroomed dwellings, was built as a replacement for The Lambley Hospitals (i.e. almshouses) that existed at the summit of Derby Road. It seems that a charitable body - based upon the wealth of an estate in Lambley, Notts - financed the construction of the original complex of 22 rooms and various communal facilities for deserving burgesses, or widows of burgesses, in Derby Road location. These however, were be replaced c.1896.

Built in 1897, Woodborough Road. The listing currently on the wikipedia page for the Nottingham architect Watson Fothergill http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_Fothergill , who was very active at that time, claims that this building is one of his. It is not at all in his usual style and I had grave doubts about that the accuracy of the listing. However Ken Brand's excellent little book - Watson Fothergill, Architect (Nottingham Civil Society) confirms that the building is his design. Far more recognisable is his other almshouse commission: Image Update Sept 2011: My doubts have been confirmed by Darren Turner of Jackson Design. A copy of the plans for this building have "turned up in the Archives" and the design is by Arthur Brown the Borough Surveyor in 1896.

On Woodborough Road built in 1897 now rented flats. To the right can be seen Image For a closer view of this building see Image

From its junction with Goresy Road.