A wander to The Ropewalk

So I thought I'd try out my new phone (with its improved camera) on a cloudy day... but I managed to pick a very changeable half hour...

It wouldn't be a #wander without a bit of Watson Fothergill, so here is the entrance to the old newspaper building on Parliament Street.

I'm sure this building is a lot older than it looks - I must try and research is one day.

A great-looking pub.

The Theatre Royal

Market Street - there is an interesting story to go with its name. I will do a full #wander of it soon, and include its history.

And then...the heavens opened. I took shelter - with a lot of other people - to wait out the downpour.

After the rain... the Co-Op building looks beautiful. It deserves a #wander of its own.

This great building is on Derby Road

This is Nottingham Cathedral - and very unremarkable it is too.

This is the Albert Hall, a conference and concert venue. It was rebuilt after a fire in 1906...replacing an earlier Watson Fothergill building.

On, up Derby Road - a string of Victorian shop buildings lead the way.

Hidden from the road, this elegant building looks like an old school, or convent. Any ideas?

And this little building doesn't fit at all - it looks another 50 years older than the buildings squashing it from either side.

And so, to Canning Circus, with the beautiful alms houses that are also the entrance to the cemetery.

On to The Ropewalk. They used to make rope here, but now it is mostly offices... many of them from the Regency period...

...and many of them are Victorian Gothic, painted to look Regency.

An unashamedly gothic building.

And an old garage, now a shell. The lighting was really kind to me as I took this one.

Anish Kapoor's Sky Mirror. Beautiful.

That is all. Thankyou.