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Watson Fothergill
1841Jun, 12

Watson Fothergill

Watson Fothergill, English architect, designed the Woodborough Road Baptist Church (d. 1928)
Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 – 6 March 1928) was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architecture styles.

His work dates from 1864 (when he set himself up in practice) to around 1912. His earliest surviving known building dates from 1866.

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