Watson Fothergill

Watson Fothergill

Title above the door of the Watson Fothergill offices at 15 George Street, Nottingham
Born (1841-07-12)July 12, 1841
Linden, Chesterfield Road, Mansfield
Died March 6, 1928(1928-03-06) (aged 86)
7 Mapperley Road, Nottingham
Other names Fothergill Watson
Occupation Architect
Spouse(s) Ann Hage
Practice Associated architectural firm[s]
Buildings Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank, Thurland Street, Nottingham

Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 – 6 March 1928) was an English architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture styles.

His work dates from 1864 (when he set himself up in practice) to around 1912. His earliest surviving known building dates from 1866.

Early life

Born Fothergill Watson in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire in 1841, he was the son of a wealthy Nottingham Lace merchant, Robert Watson and Mary Ann Fothergill. He changed his name to Watson Fothergill in 1892 to continue his maternal family name.

Family

He married Anne Hage in 1867[1] at St. John's Church, Mansfield.[2] His father-in-law was Samuel Hage,[1] one of the founding partners of Mansfield Brewery.

His half-brother was Robert Mackie Watson, chairman of the Mansfield Improvement Commission and the Brunts' Charity.

Career

In 1856, he entered the St Peter’s Gate office of Frederick Jackson, an architect and surveyor in Nottingham. In mid 1860 he moved as assistant to Isaac Charles Gilbert who was based in Clinton Street, Nottingham. After spending around 18 months with Gilbert, he moved in early 1862 to join the office of Arthur William Blomfield in London. In 1864 he was working with John Middleton in Cheltenham, but in the same year, left to set up his own office at 6 Clinton Street, Nottingham.[3] He remained at Clinton Street until it was demolished by the works in connection with the arrival of the Great Central Railway in 1894. He moved to a new temporary office at 18 George Street, and arranged to rebuild 15 George Street opposite which he completed the next year and moved in on 12 December 1895.

He is credited as having had a great impact on the architecture of the major British industrial city of Nottingham, and designed over a hundred buildings in the city, from offices, banks and warehouses, to churches and private dwelling houses. His easily recognisable style includes the use of contrasting horizontal bands of red and blue brick, dark timber eaves and balconies, and elaborate turrets and stone carving.

On his death in 1928, he left an estate valued at £73,908 5s 11d[4] (equivalent to £4,020,000 in 2015).[5]

List of major works[3]

All Nottinghamshire unless otherwise stated.

1860s

1870s

1880s

1890s

1900s

Gallery

Further reading

References

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  1. 1 2 "Marriages". London Evening Standard (England). 12 September 1867. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  2. "Marriages". Nottinghamshire Guardian (England). 13 September 1867. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  3. 1 2 Turner, Darren (2012). A Catalogue of the Works of Watson Fothergill, Architect. Nottingham: DT:P / Blurb.
  4. "Notts Architect". Sheffield Independent (England). 22 June 1928. Retrieved 6 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  5. UK CPI inflation numbers based on data available from Gregory Clark (2016), "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)" MeasuringWorth.
  6. "Local and District News". Nottinghamshire Guardian (England). 12 January 1866. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  7. "New Congregational Chapel at Mansfield". Nottinghamshire Guardian (England). 1 June 1877. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  8. "The Notitngham and Notts Bank". Nottingham Evening Post (England). 21 March 1881. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  9. "Hucknall Torkard". Nottinghamshire Guardian (England). 8 August 1884. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  10. "Ongar. The Budworth Memorial Hall". Chelmsford Chronicle (England). 11 February 1887. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  11. "Emmanuel Church, Nottingham. Consecration of New Chancel". Nottinghamshire Guardian (England). 18 March 1893. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).
  12. "Sherwood Rise, Nottingham". Nottinghamshire Guardian (England). 12 November 1898. Retrieved 4 March 2016 via British Newspaper Archive. (subscription required (help)).

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