Numbers 5 And 6 And Attached Area Railings

NOTTINGHAM

SK5639NE PARK TERRACE 646-1/19/471 (South West side) 12/07/72 Nos.5 AND 6 and attached area railings (Formerly Listed as: PARK TERRACE Nos.1-12 (Consecutive))

GV II

Pair of houses and attached area railings. Part of a row of 6 pairs connected by single storey links, now garages. 1827-1833, altered late C19 and C20. Probably designed by PF Robinson and built by William Patterson for the fourth Duke of Newcastle. Stucco, with slate roof and coped gables. 4 plain side wall stacks. Plinth, eaves cornice, coped parapet. Windows are mainly original glazing bar sashes, with moulded surrounds, cornices to the ground floor, and bracketed sills above. 2 storeys plus basement and garrets; 4 window range. In the centre, a projecting double porch with cornice and parapet, with 2 fielded 6-panel doors flanked by pilasters. Each return has a round-arched window. Beyond, on each side, a single window. Above, 4 smaller windows. Outside, flanking the porch, cast-iron spearhead area railings and gates. This building is part of an early scheme by the Duke of Newcastle to develop the Castle Park. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 244; Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: The Park estate, Nottingham: Nottingham: 1984-: 11-12).

Listing NGR: SK5669739713