The Park Estate

Summary

The Park Estate is a private residential housing estate to the west of Nottingham city centre, England. It is noted for its Victorian architecture, although many of the houses have been altered, extended or converted into flats. The estate uses gas street lighting, which is believed to be one of the largest networks in Europe.

The Park
The tunnel (known as The Park Tunnel) that extends from The Park Estate to the city centre stretch of Derby Road (A610).
The Park is located in Nottinghamshire
The Park
The Park
Location within Nottinghamshire
Population2,272 [1]
OS grid referenceSK 56094 39652
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townNOTTINGHAM
Postcode districtNG7
Dialling code0115
PoliceNottinghamshire
FireNottinghamshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
UK Parliament
List of places
UK
England
Nottinghamshire
52°57′04″N 1°09′54″W / 52.951°N 1.165°W / 52.951; -1.165

History edit

 
St. Mary's Vicarage, the first domestic residence built in the Park Estate

The Park Estate started life as a forested deer park situated immediately to the west of Nottingham Castle. The castle was, from its construction in 1087 until 1663, a royal castle, and the adjoining park a royal park. As well as deer, the park containing fish ponds and a rabbit warren, whilst King Henry II, who was reported to be 'addicted to hunting beyond measure', added a falconry. The park would have provided both food and sport for castle residents. After the capture of the castle by parliamentary forces during the English Civil War, the park's trees were felled to provide fuel and supplies to the garrison, and in 1651 the castle was slighted.[2][3]

In 1663, the ruined castle and park was bought by William Cavendish, 1st Duke of Newcastle. He initially re-stocked the park with deer, but by the 1720s the area had been given over for cattle grazing. In 1800, whilst Henry Pelham-Clinton, 4th Duke of Newcastle was still a minor, his mother considered disposing of the park. Her agents advised against such a sale as they thought it would depress land values in Nottingham, and they recommended instead a gradual sale of small plots on the periphery of the park. The first domestic building in the park was built in 1809. Built opposite the castle gatehouse, the building served as the vicarage to St. Mary's Church.[3][4][5][6]

With the industrialisation of Nottingham in the 19th century, the Park became a valuable open space for local people. Notwithstanding this, and despite much opposition from locals who regarded the area as public land, major development began in 1822 under the 4th Duke. Initially he engaged the architect John Jephson, but in 1825 Jephson was replaced by Peter Frederick Robinson, who published a plan for the park in 1827. The first houses appeared on Park Terrace around 1829 and by 1832 some 40–50 had been completed. Despite this development, in 1849 The Stranger's Guide noted that the park was 'open to the public and is used as a promenade by all classes of society, and a most healthy appendage it is to a populous and closely built town'.[4][7]

Development continued under the 5th Duke, who appointed architect Thomas Chambers Hine in 1854 to design many of the houses and by 1859 houses were complete on Castle Grove, Lenton Road, Newcastle Drive and Clinton Terrace. Hine remained as the architect to the estate, even after the death of the 5th Duke in 1864, when the estate was managed by a trust. Many of the large villas were built for local wealthy industrialists and businessmen, who employed their own architects. The designs for all houses still had to be approved by Hine until he retired in 1891. Hine was also responsible for the construction of the Park Tunnel, intended to provide access for horse-drawn carriages to Derby Road.[8][9]

By 1918, the estate was largely completed with 355 houses. By the mid 1930s the larger houses were proving difficult to sell. Many of the remaining leases were very short. St Heliers, the former home of Jesse Boot, 1st Baron Trent, which had been unoccupied for 10 years, and was reported as being in good condition, was sold by auction by Walker, Walton and Hanson on 15 June 1932. Originally costing some £6,000, Herbert Weightman of Wilford, a jobbing builder, bought the property for £7[10] (equivalent to £517 in 2021).[11] The ground rent payable to the Newcastle Estate Office was £116 per year (equivalent to £8,567 in 2021).[11] There were understood to be covenants in place preventing its demolition, but it was pulled down in 1936.[12]

In 1938, the 8th Duke sold The Park to the Nuffield Trust who then sold it to Oxford University. Between 1940 and 1986 Oxford University sold the freeholds to the owners. The Park was designated a conservation area in 1969. In 1986 negotiations between The Park Residents Association and Oxford University Chest resulted in the ownership of the Estate being transferred to the newly formed Company: The Nottingham Park Estate Limited.[13]

By 2007, all but about a dozen of the 355 original pre-1918 houses still existed, many without any significant external alterations.[7]

Architecture edit

The following table lists the significant properties within the park estate.

Name Street and number Photograph Date Architect Notes and refs.
Castle Boulevard, 62   1895 Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[14]
Castle Boulevard, 64   1895 Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[14]
Hine House Castle Grove, 1
1856 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[15]
Castle Grove, 2
1856 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[15]
Castle Grove, 3
1856 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[16]
Barbican House Castle Grove, 4
1856 Thomas Chambers Hine
Castle Grove, 5
1856 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[17]
Castle Grove, 6
See Lenton Road, 1
Castle Grove, 7   1856 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[18]
Hardwick House Cavendish Crescent North
Carisbrooke House Cavendish Crescent North, 1
1870–75
Cavendish Lodge Cavendish Crescent North, 3   1870–75
Cavendish Crescent North, 5
1882
Jardine House Cavendish Crescent North, 7   1880–82
Peverel Tower Cavendish Crescent North, 9   1875 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[19]
Cavendish Crescent North, 10   c.1880–1890
Gleadthorpe Cavendish Crescent North, 11
1890–95
Cavendish Crescent North, 12   c.1885
Park House Cavendish Crescent North, 14   1896 Grade II listed[20]
Cavendish Crescent North, 15
1885 Semi with 17
Cavendish Crescent North, 16   c.1885
Cavendish Crescent North, 17
1885 Semi with 15
Cavendish Crescent North, 18   c.1885
Cavendish Crescent North, 19
1882
Cavendish Crescent North, 20   c.1885
Cavendish Crescent North, 21
Cavendish Crescent North, 22
c.1885
Cavendish Crescent North, 23
Cavendish Crescent North, 24   c.1885
Gladstone Court Cavendish Crescent South, 1   1877 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Kirkstall Lodge Cavendish Crescent South, 3
c1875 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Cavendish Crescent South, 5
c1875
Cavendish Crescent South, 7
c1875
Cavendish Crescent South, 9
c1875
Cavendish Crescent South, 11
c1875 Robert Evans JP
William House Cavendish Crescent South, 13
See South Road, 1
Cavendish Crescent South, 15
1861 Thomas Chambers Hine Alterations by Evans, Cartwright and Woollatt in 1960
Cavendish Crescent South, 17
c1870
Amelia House Cavendish Crescent South, 19
1861 Thomas Chambers Hine Built for Anthony Mundella
Albert Villa Cavendish Crescent South, 21
1861 Thomas Chambers Hine Lived in by Richard Allen (publisher) until his death in 1884
Holyrood House Cavendish Crescent South, 23
1876
Sutherland House Cavendish Crescent South, 25   c1876
Kingston House Cavendish Crescent East, 23
c1890-95 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Cavendish Court Cavendish Road East, 25   1884–85 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Cavendish Cottage Cavendish Road East, 25c
Arts and Crafts[21]
Bishop's House Cavendish Road East, 27   1883 [21] From 1932, the home of the Roman Catholic Bishop of Nottingham.
Gartree Cavendish Road East, 29   1884 [21]
Cavendish Road East, 31   1884 [21]
Redcliffe Cavendish Road East, 33   1897–98 Stockdale Harrison [21] For Frank Woodward, Lace Manufacturer
Cavendish House Cavendish Road East, 37
1881 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Overdale Cavendish Road East, 39   1883 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Elmhurst Cavendish Road East, 41   1883 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Ashley House Cavendish Road East, 45
1877 Samuel Dutton Walker [21]
Clare Valley, 1
c1890
Clare Valley, 2
c1890
Clare Valley, 3
c1890
Clare Valley, 4
c1890
Clare Valley, 5
c1890
Terrace House Clifton Terrace
1855 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Clifton Terrace, 1
1851 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Clifton Terrace, 3
Iveston House Clifton Terrace, 4  
1880s
Clumber Crescent North, 3
Clumber Crescent North, 5
Clumber Crescent North, 7
See North Road, 7
Clumber House Clumber Crescent North
Clumber Crescent South, 5  
Clumber Crescent South, 7  
Westwood Clumber Road East, 3   1910 Ernest A Sudbury [21] Previously called Cuylerholme.
Hillside Clumber Road East, 5   1904 E.M. Lacey. [21] Now Northwood and Southwood
Adam House Clumber Road East, 7   1885 Arthur George Marshall Originally named Brightlands[21] Built for Samuel Bourne.
Edale House Clumber Road East, 9   1883 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Penrhyn House Clumber Road East, 11   1879 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Stowe House Clumber Road West, 6  
Holly Lodge Clumber Road West  
Linden House Clumber Road West   1875 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Duke William Mount, 1   1875 Thomas Chambers Hine [21] For Horace Arthur Fisher, Lace Manufacturer
Selsoe Duke William Mount, 2
1887 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Duke William Mount, 3
1887 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Fishpond Drive, 4   c1888-90
Fishpond Drive, 6   c1888-90
Fishpond Drive, 30
Fishpond Drive, 32
Hamilton Drive, 1
c1886-90
Hamilton Drive, 2
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 3
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 4
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 5
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 6
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 7
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 8
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 9
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 10
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 11
c1886-88
Hamilton Drive, 24
c1890
Holles Crescent, 1
c1865-70 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Holles Crescent, 3
c1865-70 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Holles Crescent, 5
c1865-70 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Hope Drive, 1
1880s Thomas Chambers Hine Coach House[22]
Hope Drive, 2   1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 4   1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 5   1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 6   1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 7
1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 8   1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 9
1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 11
1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 12   c1888-90
Hope Drive, 13
1888–89 Attributed to Watson Fothergill [23]
Hope Drive, 14   c1888-90
Hope Drive, 16   c1888-90
Hope Drive, 18   c1888-90
Hope Drive, 20
c1888-90
Hope Drive, 22
c1888-90
Hope Drive, 24
c1888-90
Hope Drive, 26
c1888-90
Barton House Huntingdon Drive, 1
c1908 Lawrence Bright
Huntingdon Drive, 2
c1908 Lawrence Bright
Huntingdon Drive, 3   1889 Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[24]
Huntingdon Drive, 4
1889 Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[24]
Huntingdon Drive, 5
c1906-8 Lawrence Bright
Huntingdon Drive, 6
c1906-8 Lawrence Bright
Huntingdon Drive, 7
c1906-8 Lawrence Bright
Huntingdon Drive, 8
c1906-8 Lawrence Bright
Huntingdon Drive, 9
c1906-8 Lawrence Bright
Huntingdon Drive, 10
c1906-8 Lawrence Bright
Iveston Kenilworth Road, 1
c1888
Yew Tree House Kenilworth Road, 2
1871 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Kenilworth House Kenilworth Road, 3
c1888
The Chestnuts Kenilworth Road, 5
c1865-70 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Lenton Avenue, 1   c1870-75
Cedar House Lenton Avenue, 3   c1865-75
Lenton Avenue, 5   c1865-75
Lenton Avenue, 7   c1870
Lenton Avenue, 9   1870–75 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Fernleigh Lenton Avenue, 11   c1875
Lenton Avenue, 13
c1880 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Lenton Avenue, 15
c1880 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Dundee House Lenton Avenue, 17
c1885 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Lenton Avenue, 19   c1878-80
Lenton Avenue, 21
c1878-80
Lenton Avenue, 23
c1870
Arlington House Lenton Avenue, 25
c1875
Lenton Avenue, 27
c1882-83 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Lenton Avenue,29
c1882-83 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Graylands Lenton Avenue, 31
c1875 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Newlands Lenton Avenue, 33
c1875 Thomas Chambers Hine?
Lenton Road, 1
1855 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[25]
Castle Rising Lenton Road, 3
1855 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[25]
Castle Bank Lenton Road, 5 and 5A   1873 Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[26][23]
Fothergill House Lenton Road, 7   1872 Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[27]
Estate Office Lenton Road, 7a   1909 Arthur Richard Calvert Grade II listed[28]
Lenton Road, 11
Robert Evans JP Home of Ernest Reginald Ridgway architect until 1917.
Fairholme Lenton Road, 13   1861 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Lenton Road, 15   1861 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Oakhyrst Lenton Road, 17   1861 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Lenton Road, 19   1861 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Ravine House Lenton Road, 21   1861 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Rutland House Lenton Road, 23   1861 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Lenton Road, 25   1858 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Lenton House Lenton Road, 27   1858 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Lenton Road, 29   1858 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Leslie Villa Lenton Road, 31   1858 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Cliff House Lenton Road, 33   1858 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Gladstone House Lincoln Circus   1876–77 Edwin Loverseed [21]
Newcastle Circus, 2
1870–75
Mevell House Newcastle Circus, 7
1877 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[29]
Newcastle Court Newcastle Circus   Thomas Chambers Hine[30]
Burton House Newcastle Circus   1875
Castlethorpe Newcastle Circus   1875
Newcastle Drive, 1
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 3
1856-59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 5
1856-59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 7
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 9
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 11
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 13
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 15
1878 Albert Nelson Bromley Lived in by the architect until his death in 1934
Newcastle Drive, 17
1878 Albert Nelson Bromley
Newcastle Drive, 19
1886 [21]
Newcastle Drive, 21
1884 Albert Nelson Bromley [23]
Newcastle Drive, 23
1884 Albert Nelson Bromley [23]
Glendower Newcastle Drive, 27   1884–85 For William Foster
Newcastle Drive, 29
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 31
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 33
1856–59 Thomas Chambers Hine [21]
Newcastle Drive, 35
Home of Capt. Athelstan Popkess Chief Constable of Nottingham City Police between 1930 and 1959.
Newcastle Drive, 37
Walton House Newcastle Drive, 39   1886 Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[31] Also known as The Priest's House
North Road, 1
North Road, 2
North Road, 3
North Road, 5
Yorke House North Road, 6   1870–80
Claremont North Road, 7   1872 Thomas Chambers Hine [21] Built for George Sparrow.
North Road, 8
East Lodge Park Row
1860? Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[32]
Tower House Park Row, 53   1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson then Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[33] tower added by Watson Fothergill after 1894.
Park Ravine, 2
Park Terrace, 1   1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[34]
Park Terrace, 2
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[34]
Park Terrace, 3
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[35]
Park Terrace, 4
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[35]
Park Terrace, 5
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[36]
Park Terrace, 6
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[36]
Park Terrace, 7
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[37]
Park Terrace, 8
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[37]
Park Terrace, 9
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[38]
Park Terrace, 10
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[38]
Park Terrace, 11
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[39]
Park Terrace, 12
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[39]
Park Terrace, 14
Park Terrace, 15
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[40]
Park Terrace, 16
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[40]
Park Terrace, 17
1827–33 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[40]
Park Terrace, 18
1881 Thomas Chambers Hine See Park Terrace, 19
Park Terrace, 19
1881 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[41] Originally one house, now numbers 18, 19 and 20.
Park Terrace, 20
1881 Thomas Chambers Hine See Park Terrace, 19
Arundel House Park Valley, 1   c1870 Thomas Chambers Hine [22] For Stephen Wills, Lace Manufacturer
Park Valley, 3
c1870 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Hollyhurst Park Valley, 4   c1835-45
Park Valley, 5
c1845-50 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Stuart Cottage Park Valley, 6
c1835-45
Park Valley, 7
1848–51 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[42]
Park Valley, 8
1828–29 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[43]
Park Valley, 9
c1845-50 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Park Valley, 10   1828–29 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[43]
Park Valley, 11
c1845 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
Park Valley, 13
Park Valley, 15
1838–39 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[44]
Park Valley, 17
1838–39 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[45]
Park Valley, 19
1838–39 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[45]
Park Valley, 21
1838–39 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[46]
Park Valley, 23
1838–39 Peter Frederick Robinson Grade II listed[46]
Park Valley, 25
1878 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[47]
Pelham Crescent, 1
c1870 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 3
c1868-72 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 5
c1868-72 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 7
c1868-70 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 9
c1868-70 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 10
c1870-75 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 11
c1868-70 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 12
c1870-75 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 13
c1868-70 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 14
c1870-75 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 15
c1871 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 16
c1870-75 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 17
c1871 John Loverseed
Pelham Crescent, 18
c1911
Pelham Crescent, 19
c1868-70 John Loverseed
Peveril Drive, 1
Peveril Drive, 2
Peveril Drive, 3
Peveril Drive, 6
Peveril Drive, 7
Peveril Drive, 8
Peveril Drive, 10
Peveril Drive, 11
Peveril Drive, 12
Dudley Lodge Peveril Drive c1889
Peveril House Peveril Drive
The Ropewalk, 2
The Ropewalk, 4
The Ropewalk, 6
The Ropewalk, 8
The Ropewalk, 10
The Ropewalk, 11
1850 Thomas Chambers Hine [22]
The Ropewalk, 12
The Ropewalk, 14
The Ropewalk, 16
The Ropewalk, 20
The Ropewalk,22
The Townhouse The Ropewalk, 24  
The Ropewalk, 26
The Ropewalk, 28  
The Ropewalk, 30
Oak Hill House The Ropewalk, 32   1827–37 Grade II listed[48] For Thomas Herbert, lace manufacturer
The Ropewalk, 34
1827–37 Grade II listed[49]
The Ropewalk, 36
1827–37 Grade II listed[50]
The Ropewalk, 38   1827–37 Grade II listed[50]
The Ropewalk, 40
1827–37 Grade II listed[51]
The Ropewalk, 42
The Ropewalk, 44
The Ropewalk, 46
The Ropewalk, 48
The Ropewalk, 50
The Ropewalk, 52
The Ropewalk, 54
The Ropewalk, 56
William House South Road, 1
1858 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[52]
South Road, 2
Thomas Chambers Hine
Ellenborough House South Road, 3   1850s Extended and remodelled by Watson Fothergill Grade II listed[53] Remodelled 1890 and 1897.
South Road, 4   Thomas Chambers Hine
South Road, 5
Thomas Chambers Hine
South Road, 6   Thomas Chambers Hine
Tattershall Drive, 1
c1875
Tattershall Drive, 2
c1875
Tattershall Drive, 3
c1873
St Ives Tattershall Drive, 4
c1890
Tattershall Drive, 5
c1895
Tattershall Drive, 6
c1890
Broadgate Western Terrace, 1
ca. 1895
Western Terrace, 2
1890
Western Terrace, 3   1845–50 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[54]
Western Terrace, 4   1845–50 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[54]
Western Terrace, 5   1845–50 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[55]
Western Terrace, 6   1845–50 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[55]
Western Terrace, 7
1844 Thomas Chambers Hine [56]
Western Terrace, 8
1844 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[56]
Western Terrace, 9
1844 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[56]
Western Terrace, 10
1844 Thomas Chambers Hine Grade II listed[56]
Lincoln Villa Western Terrace, 11
1840 Peter Frederick Robinson [21]

Planning constraints edit

The Park is a conservation area with many of the buildings being listed. Planning submissions are subject to detailed planning regulations.

Residential estate edit

Access edit

Access to the estate for vehicles is restricted to three entrances – North Road (off Derby Road), Lenton Road (next to castle) and Peveril Drive (off Castle Boulevard) where registration with The Estate's ANPR system is required to operate the rising bollards. There are also two minor entrances – Barrack Lane (off Derby Road) and Newcastle Drive/Park Row (off The Ropewalk) – that provide access to selected parts of the estate, although Barrack Lane itself does not fall within The Park.[57][58]

There are several pedestrian/cycle entrances which are mostly gated, some of which locked at night. These are: Lenton Road (on to Park Road, Lenton); Lenton Road (next to Rock Drive: a steep walkway to Castle Boulevard); Fish Pond Drive (on to Castle Boulevard); Newcastle Drive (off Canning Circus) and The Park Tunnel which runs from Tunnel Road to Derby Road (near Budgens store) with a staircase halfway along to Upper College Street. There is a gated walkway from Pelham Crescent to Harlaxton Drive, Lenton.[58]

From 1999 to 2013 the pedestrian gate between Lenton Road and Park Road, Lenton was locked every night between the hours of 11 pm and 5 am. The estate management argued this was necessary to reduce late night noise and anti-social behaviour, because the route links student-dominated Lenton to the city centre.[citation needed] A public local inquiry was held in 2013 to consider the legal status of Lenton Road, which ruled that it was a public right of way as a public footpath had been present since at least 1700, so should be added to the council's Definitive Map and could not be legally barred with a locked gate.[59][60] This resulted in the removal of the gate between Lenton Road and Park Road.

Maintenance arrangements edit

The Park is a private estate, managed by Nottingham Park Estate Ltd, a company governed by Act of Parliament.[13] Living on the estate incurs both council tax and a local charge ('Park Rates'). The park rates cover maintenance of roads, pavements, the gas light network, the trees and the public green spaces. Residents previously received a reduced council tax bill due to these rates covering services which would usually provided by the council. However, the Park Estate rate is now paid in addition to the full council tax rate.[citation needed]

Residents' Association edit

The Nottingham Park Residents' Association (NPRA) holds regular talks and hosts a number of events using the two green spaces in the middle of the estate. They also produce a twice yearly magazine which is delivered, free of charge, to every Park household.[61]

In 2011 the NPRA hosted a street party on the day of the Royal Wedding, and, in 2012, a Diamond Jubilee Street Party. Other events include a picnic for young children based on the Teddy Bear picnic song, a Carol Service and Boule tournament. Every two years in June a number of the gardens are open to the public, with the proceeds being donated to local charities.[62]

Neighbouring areas edit

References edit

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Bibliography edit

  • The Park Estate, Nottingham, by Ken Brand. Published by Nottingham Civic Society as part of its "Get to know Nottingham" series.
  • Fothergill: A Catalogue of the Works of Watson Fothergill, Architect by Darren Turner. Published by DT:P 2012.

External links edit

  • http://www.thenottinghamparkestateltd.co.uk
  • http://www.parknews.co.uk
  • http://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/cdpl-park-ca-plan.pdf