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High Pavement is a street in Nottingham in Nottinghamshire, England. It is one of the earliest streets in the city, [1] and most of its buildings are listed. History
The lodgings had to be specially furnished for her stay at the expense of the Mayor of Nottingham. [4] In 1922 it was then converted to County Council offices, with additions in 1930. Two adjacent properties, 17 and 19, were demolished in 1931 to provide car parking for the court opposite. There were further additions to County House in 1949.
High Pavement Chapel is a redundant church building in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England. It is now the Pitcher and Piano public house and is Grade II listed. It was built as, and for most of its existence operated as, a Unitarian place of worship. The building seen from the south, with a Nottingham Express Transit tram in the foreground
For many years the street was a cul-de-sac, terminating before the current junction with High Pavement. [2] It was a residential street by the eighteenth century, containing some fine mansions including Plumptre House and Pierrepont House .
Old Shire Hall, High Pavement, Nottingham: Council's meeting place 1889–1954. When the county council was first created it met at the Shire Hall on High Pavement in Nottingham, a courthouse built in 1770 which had been the meeting place of the quarter sessions which preceded the county council. [23]
Manning Grammar School for Girls, was originally part of the High Pavement Grammar School until 1931, when it moved into new buildings on Gregory Boulevard. High Pavement had previously been coeducational from 1898. [2] It opened in April 1931. [3] It was evacuated with High Pavement to Mansfield in the war.
Huish was born in Nottingham on 9 March 1808, the son of Mark Huish and Elizabeth Gainsford. He was baptised in High Pavement Presbyterian Church on 6 April 1808. His father, Mark Huish (1 March 1776 – 14 January 1833) was a deputy-lieutenant for Nottinghamshire. His mother, Elizabeth Gainsford (d. 1824), was the daughter of John Gainsford of ...
In 1863 the foundation stone was laid for a new church, on the corner of Peas Hill Road and Raglan Street in St Ann’s. The church opened on 16 June 1864 as a daughter church of High Pavement. However, the church always struggled with debt, and even as late as 1927, High Pavement Chapel were working to raise money to clear the debt of the ...