Severn's Building

Building in Castle Road, City of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England

LocationCastle Road, Nottingham

Coordinates52°56′59.51″N 1°9′11.16″W / 52.9498639°N 1.1531000°W / 52.9498639; -1.1531000

Estimated completion1450

ClientVacant

Severn’s Building

Location in Central Nottingham
General information
Location	Castle Road, Nottingham
Coordinates	52°56′59.51″N 1°9′11.16″W / 52.9498639°N 1.1531000°W / 52.9498639; -1.1531000
Estimated completion	1450
Client	Vacant
Owner	Nottingham City Council
Design and construction
Designations	Grade II listed^[1]

Severn's Building is a Grade II listed building dating from the 15th century in the English city of Nottingham. Originally located in the city's Middle Pavement, it was relocated to the junction of Castle Road and Castle Gate around 1970.

The building has two stories and is timber-framed, with a jettied first floor, rendered nogging, and a plain tile roof.^[1]^[2]

Severn's Building dates from around 1450. It was built as a merchant's house and located on Middle Pavement. When the street was numbered, it became no. 10. From 1879 to 1885 it was the offices of Samuel Dutton Walker and John Howitt, architects. John and James Severn operated a wine and spirit business on Middle Pavement and in 1900 they moved into this building.^[1]^[2]^[3]

The roof of the building's yard was extensively damaged in the Nottingham Blitz. After the Second World War the owners put forwards plans for alterations to the building. It was also under threat as there were plans to widen Middle Pavement.^[4]

In 1968 and threatened by the planned development of the Broadmarsh Centre, the building was acquired by Nottingham City Council and dismantled by F.W.B. Charles. It was reassembled on Castle Road by 1970. Between 1980 and 2009, the building was used as a lace museum and shop. ^[1]^[5]^[6]

The building was put up for sale by the city council in 2012. In 2013, Severn's Building was sold, along with a number of other buildings on Castle Gate that formerly housed a costume museum, to a local developer. In June 2022 the building was again placed on the market with a valuation of £499,000.^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

1 2 3 4 Historic England. "Severns' Building, The Lace Centre (1247104)". National Heritage List for England. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 3 April 2017.
1 2 Pevsner, Nikolaus (1979). The Buildings of England, Nottinghamshire. Penguin Books Limited. p. 236. ISBN 0-300-09636-4.
↑ "Sad day for 'city of lace'". Nottingham Evening Post. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 7 February 2017.^{[dead link]}
↑ "Future of Middle Pavement. Old Property May Come Down". Nottingham Evening Post. England. 12 January 1945. Retrieved 3 March 2017 – via British Newspaper Archive.
1 2 "Buy a piece of city's history". Nottingham Evening Post. 10 January 2012. Retrieved 7 February 2017.^{[dead link]}
1 2 "Nottingham's former Lace Centre and Costume Museum sold". Commercial News Media. 19 August 2013. Archived from the original on 4 August 2023. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
↑ Beck, Laycie (7 June 2022). "Beautiful building opposite Nottingham Castle is placed on the market". Nottinghamshire Live. Retrieved 4 August 2023.

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