Nottingham Cathedral and Nottingham Visit

Co-organised with the Victorian Society, the day's highlight is a special visit to A.W.N. Pugin’s Nottingham Cathedral, currently undergoing a major £2.3 million ‘Restoring Pugin’ project. This ambitious scheme is reinstating three chapels to Pugin’s original decorative design. Our visit includes a talk from the project conservators, followed by time to explore the work-in-progress, the cathedral and its environs, and appreciate first-hand this remarkable restoration effort.

We will then enjoy the rare opportunity to visit the chapel of Pugin’s nearby Convent of Our Lady of Mercy, before free time for lunch (at your own expense), and, perhaps spending time examining key Victorian buildings in Nottingham’s city centre (including the striking former office of Watson Fothergill at 15–17 George Street, one of the architect’s characteristic works).

In the afternoon, a private coach will take us to the magnificent Papplewick Pumping Station, a masterpiece of Victorian engineering, that completes the day’s exploration of the city’s Gothic Revival and industrial heritage.

Photo by DAVID ILIFF. License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Schedule

• Visit begins at Nottingham Cathedral at 10:45 (15min walk from Nottingham Railway Station); meet at the Cathedral's West Door
• Return (by coach) to Nottingham Railway Station: c.17:30
• Lunch: at your own arrangement and expense

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