Architecture of East Midlands

1382 – The Gatehouse, St. Mary’s Abbey, Thornton, Lincolnshire

Almost continuous building work over a century from 1252 onwards included a new chapter house (1282–1308); enlargement of the cloister (1322–6);

1605 – Lyveden New Building, Northamptonshire

Architect: Robert Stickells

Lyveden New Bield (sometimes called New Build) is an unfinished summer house, constructed for Sir Thomas Tresham.

1850 – Bank, Northampton

Architect: E.F. Law

Published in The Builder, march 30, 1850.

1858 – Burton Closes Hall, Bakewell, Derbyshire

Architect: T.D. Barry & E.W. Pugin

“THE country mansion which we this week engrave has been erected near Bakewell,

1860 – Messrs. Wright’s Bank, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Architect: C.H. Edwards

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Published in The Builder, August 25 1860.

1861 – Breadsall Priory, Derbyshire

Architect: Robert Scrivener

From The Building News: “THIS Priory, an illustration of which was given in our last, is mentioned in the reign of Edward the Confessor,

1862 – St. Andrew’s Church, Leicester, Leicestershire

Architect: Sir George Gilbert Scot

From The Building News, May 23, 1862: February 28th last, we gave a description of this church,

1863 – Bestwood Lodge, Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Architect: S.S. Teuton

“Our principal illustration, this week, represents a mansion which is now being erected, near Nottingham, for the Duke of St.

1864 – Northampton Guildhall, Northamptonshire

Architect: E.W. Godwin

Built to the design of Edward William Godwin, begun when he was only 28, between 1861 and 1864.

1864 – St Thomas the Apostle Cathedral, Northampton

Architect: Edward Welby Pugin

In 1840 Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin was commissioned to design a collegiate chapel of St Felix which was built in 1844.