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Friar Street, NOTTINGHAM, NG7 2NU

Looking almost more like industrial premises than a pub. It is a 1970s replacement for an earlier pub.

Located on Gregory Street, this is one of Nottingham's more eccentric looking pubs, and the only one I can recall with a three dimensional sign. The architecture, as well as the red painted doors, put me in mind of a fire station.

See: http://www.geograph.org.uk/search.php?i=61464081 .

Although difficult to see clearly, immediately to the right of the metal bollard, and behind the waist-high fence on the right, is the base of a stone pillar base occupying its original position in a grassed area. This is the only surviving a remnant of the ancient C12th Lenton Priory. The pillar is thought to have formed part of a heated common room used by the monks. Ahead, at the end of this very short path, is the corner of Priory Street and Old Church Street. The castellated house in the distance is the side of an early C19th property known now as Nazareth House. It has been known in the past as “The Priory” and “Priory House”. A certain William Stretton built this house in 1802. After his death, his son Severus Stretton, sold the property to the Congregation of the Poor Sisters of Nazareth who ministered to children (in a children’s home) and to the elderly in a combined religious and care ‘complex’ between 1880-2002. The Priory Church of St Anthony in Old Church Street is a minute's walk away behind the photographer.

The section of road next to the junction with Priory Street is a segregated path for cycles and pedestrians.

Following the demolition of the Red Cow. One wonders if the neighbours knew where these were in relation to their backyard wall!

All that remains of what was once one of the greatest and most important religious houses in the Midlands is the base of a Norman column. It contrasts sharply with the surrounding buildings and even more so with the high rise blocks in the distance in the centre of Nottingham.

Old Church Street joins Lenton Lane 25 yds ahead. This is a view of the Priory Church of St Anthony. Whilst most of the church dates from 1883 it nonetheless incorporates elements of the former chapel of the monastic hospital of Lenton Priory. The chancel dates from c.1108.

The tarmac around the previously laid track looks very patchy (unlike similar sections elsewhere). Pherhaps that will be relaid (again!) before completion.

The site of the former Red Cow public house with a glimpse of the Priory Church of St Anthony beyond the second lamp post (from the camera lens). A red-glowing traffic light identifies where the A6005 crosses Lenton Lane. Trams run along the centre of this road, parallel with the blue security fencing, connecting Toton (ahead) and Nottingham (behind the photographer).