School of Violin Making, Newark

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School of Violin Making, Newark
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School of Violin Making, Newark
School of Violin Making, Newark
General information
AddressMarket Place
Town or city Newark on Trent
Coordinates 53°04′39″N00°48′33″W / 53.07750°N 0.80917°W / 53.07750; -0.80917
Construction started1886
Completed1887
Cost£3817
Design and construction
Architect(s) Fothergill Watson
Designations Grade II listed [1]

The School of Violin Making, Newark is housed in a Grade II listed building on Kirkgate, Newark on Trent which was built for the Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank in 1887. [2]

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History

The Nottingham and Nottinghamshire Bank first established a branch in Newark in 1835 branch but this was replaced by a new building designed by the architect Watson Fothergill and erected between 1886 and 1887. It is in early Italian Gothic style and incorporates a manager's house. [3] In 1891 the bank suffered an embarrassment when it was revealed that the manager of the Newark branch, Robert James Beard, had defrauded the bank of £25,000 (equivalent to £2,904,700in 2021) [4] before drowning himself in the River Trent. The bank covered the loss from its reserves. [5]

It became the London, County, Westminster & Parr's Bank in 1919. The tower was reduced in height in 1957.

School of Violin Making

Around 1972 the building was surplus to requirements and was converted for the use of the School of Violin Making. This is now part of Lincoln College, Lincolnshire. [6]

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References

  1. Historic England. "School of Violin Making (Grade II) (1229217)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 27 December 2020.
  2. Turner, Darren. Fothergill, A Catalogue of the Works of Watson Fothergill, Architect. Blurb. p. 91.
  3. Pevsner, Nikolaus; Williamson, Elizabeth; Hartwell, Clare (2020). The Buildings of England. Nottinghamshire. Yale University Press. p. 365. ISBN   9780300247831.
  4. UK Retail Price Index inflation figures are based on data from Clark, Gregory (2017). "The Annual RPI and Average Earnings for Britain, 1209 to Present (New Series)". MeasuringWorth. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
  5. "Large Defalcation by a Bank Manager". Lancashire Evening Post. England. 20 January 1891. Retrieved 1 April 2017 via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. "BA (Hons) Musical Instrument Craft (Violin Making and Repair)". Lincoln College. Lincoln College. Retrieved 27 December 2020.