24-26, Low Pavement

24-26 Low Pavement, Nottingham
24-26 Low Pavement, Nottingham
24-26, Low Pavement is located in Nottingham
24-26, Low Pavement
Location in Central Nottingham
General information
Address24-26 Low Pavement
Town or cityNottingham
Coordinates52°57′4.9″N 1°8′50″W / 52.951361°N 1.14722°W / 52.951361; -1.14722
Construction started1733
Completed1734
ClientFrancis Gawthern
DesignationsGrade II* listed[1]

24–26 Low Pavement are a pair of Grade II* listed buildings on Low Pavement, Nottingham.

History

Memorial slab to John Gawthern (d. 1757) and wife Mary (d. 1763), Francis Gawthern (d. 1791) and Abigail Gawthern d. 1822)

The houses were built for Francis Gawthern in 1733[2] who built them on the site of Vault Hall, a former mansion house of the Plumptre family. Gawthern moved into number 26 in 1734.[3] The gates and railings on the forecourt were also erected at the same time and are separately Grade II* listed.[4]

In 1783 number 26 was occupied by Francis Gawthern's great-nephew, also called Francis, who married Abigail Frost in 1783. Abigail Gawthern lived until 1822 and her diary survived; it is a remarkable record of the history of Nottingham from 1751 until 1810.[5] Number 26 became known as Gawthern House. In her diary for 21 August 1798 she records that her visitors were Lord Byron, the two Miss Parkyns (of Bunny Hall), and the two Master Smiths from Wilford Hall. Abigail Gawthern was buried in St Mary's Church, Nottingham, where her memorial slab was discovered in 2012 during the restoration of the church floor.

See also

References

  1. ^ Historic England, "24 and 26, Low Pavement (1254560)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 August 2022
  2. ^ Smith, Pete (25 August 2017). "Sherwin House and the Townhouses of Nottingham in the 17th and 18th Centuries". Historic England. Retrieved 14 August 2022.
  3. ^ Harwood, Elain (1979). Pevsner Architectural Guides. Nottingham. Yale University Press. p. 73. ISBN 0140710027.
  4. ^ Historic England, "Gate and Railings to forecourt of number 24 and 26 (1270638)", National Heritage List for England, retrieved 20 August 2022
  5. ^ Henstock, Adrian (2004). "Abigail Anna (1757–1822)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47589. Retrieved 20 August 2022. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)