• Source: Nottingham Guild Hall

Nottingham Guild Hall was built on Weekday Cross in Nottingham. Originally a hall for the merchant Guilds, it became the Court House and Town Hall of the Nottingham Corporation. The building was demolished in 1895.




History


When the merchants established a Guild to regulate trade they erected a Guild Hall on Weekday Cross. This building became the Court House and Town Hall when the borough had its own mayor and aldermen.

In 1726 Nottingham Corporation built a new town hall in the Market Place which became known as the Nottingham Exchange. The old town hall on Weekday Cross continued to be used alongside the Exchange and was refaced in brick in 1744. The building was raised several feet higher, and a new clock was provided by local clockmaker, John Wyld.

The Guildhall was abandoned in 1877 with the opening of the new Nottingham Guildhall, and the old town hall was demolished in 1895 when the Great Central Railway built a tunnel with the portal just underneath Weekday Cross. The courts moved to a newly built Nottingham Guildhall on Burton Street. The clock was sold to Alderman Perry for £9 who installed it in his Boulevard Works on Radford Boulevard. It was still being serviced by Cope's of Nottingham in the late 1970s.
This site is now occupied by the Nottingham Contemporary gallery.




References

• Source: Nottingham Guildhall

Nottingham Guildhall is a former magistrates' court in Nottingham, England. The structure, which was used by Nottingham City Council as offices in the 1990s, is a Grade II listed building.




History



Nottingham Guildhall was built in 1887 to 1888 to replace the previous Nottingham Guild Hall on Weekday Cross. Following a competition with Alfred Waterhouse as the judge, the French Renaissance Revival design by the architects Thomas Verity and George Henry Hunt was chosen. Gabbutts of Liverpool were chosen as contractors much to the annoyance of local building companies. The initial estimate for the building was £128,416 (equivalent to £16,336,977 in 2023), and immediately the council asked Verity and Hunt to simplify the design. The building was erected in Darley Dale ashlar and brick, with Westmorland slate roofs for a cost of £65,000 (equivalent to £9,145,743 in 2023) and completed in 1888.
In 1996, all magistrates were moved to the new Nottingham Magistrates' Court building. Between 1996 and 2010 the Guildhall was occupied by Nottingham City Council. In 2010 the council left for new, modern offices at Loxley House, close to Nottingham rail station. Since this date the building has remained council-owned but is relatively unused. In 2016, the council initiated discussions with a developer with a view to selling the property.
Between May and July 2024, vandals set fire to the guildhall several times. Security at the site has since been increased.




Caves


The two-level cave system is reached by an open well stair. The brick-lined passages and cells were extensively modified during World War II for use as emergency headquarters and air raid shelters.




See also


Listed buildings in Nottingham (St Ann's ward)
Nottingham Magistrates' Court




References

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• Universitas Warwick
• Nottingham Guild Hall
• University of Nottingham Halls of Residence
• Campuses of the University of Nottingham
• Weekday Cross
• Boulevard Works
• Nottingham Guildhall
• University Radio Nottingham
• Broadway Cinema
• Nottingham Exchange
• University of Nottingham Students' Union