Description

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NE SHORT HILL
646-1/21/556 (South side)
Nos.8 AND 9
Warehouses on the west and north
sides of Trivett Square

GV II

Warehouses, now workshops. c1860-70, with additions 1901-02 by
HJ Price of Nottingham, and 1912 by Heazell & Sons, for LO
Trivett, Ltd. Brick with ashlar dressings and slate roofs.
4 storeys plus basement; 5:3 window range. 3 ranges in an
L-plan, enclosing Trivett Square on west and north sides.
Range fronting Short Hill has 2 facades.
Left facade has moulded ashlar cornices to ground floor and
third floor, and coped brick parapet. Upper floors have five
12-pane sashes with brick flat arches and ashlar keystones. On
the first floor, to left, a wrought-iron sign and bracket.
Ground floor, c1901, rusticated ashlar, has to left an
elliptical arched carriage entrance with voussoirs, keystone,
and a pair of wrought-iron gates. To right, a tripartite
window with transom.
Right facade has the upper floors divided by pilasters, corner
pilasters with ball finials, and a shaped coped gable with a
pediment containing a framed panel. On the first floor, 3
plain sashes, the central one with eared and scrolled
architrave, the outer ones with brick flat arches. Above, 3
similar windows with ashlar flat arches. Above again, a
round-arched cross casement with keystone, flanked by smaller
segment-headed cross casements. Ground floor has to right an
ashlar doorcase, with panelled pilasters and pediment, and
round-arched doorway with wrought-iron gates.
Range to west of Trivett Square has a projecting off-centre
stair tower topped with an octagonal turret and conical roof.
At the foot of the tower, an ashlar doorcase with entablature,
flanked to right by 2 windows.
Rear range to south, overlooking Malin Hill, early C20, 6
storeys plus basement; 4 window range. Windows are metal
framed casements with concrete lintels. To right, a set back
bay, 5 storeys; single window range. Windows are wooden framed
cross casements.
(Nottingham Industrial Archaeological Society Journal:
Oldfield G: Nottingham: 1983-: 6; Salmon's Map of Nottingham:
Nottingham: 1861-).

Listing NGR: SK5777239638

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26560559

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Recommended Books

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  Derbyshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)