School of Violin Making, Newark
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| School of Violin Making, Newark | |
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 School of Violin Making, Newark | |
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| General information | |
| Location | Market Place, Newark on Trent |
| Coordinates | 53°04′39″N 00°48′33″W / 53.07750°N 0.80917°W |
| Construction started | 1886 |
| Completed | 1887 |
| Cost | £3817 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | Fothergill Watson |
| Designations | Grade II listed[1] |
The School of Violin Making, Newark is housed in a Grade II listed building on Kirkgate, Newark on Trent which was built for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank in 1887.[2]
The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank first established a branch in Newark in 1835 branch but this was replaced by a new building designed by the architect Watson Fothergill and erected between 1886 and 1887. It is in early Italian Gothic style and incorporates a manager's house.[3] In 1891 the bank suffered an embarrassment when it was revealed that the manager of the Newark branch, Robert James Beard, had defrauded the bank of £25,000 (equivalent to £2,628,300 in 2023)[4] before drowning himself in the River Trent. The bank covered the loss from its reserves.[5]
It became the London, County, Westminster & Parr's Bank in 1919. The tower was reduced in height in 1957.
