Architectural plans of Mansfield Road Presbyterian Church, Nottingham by Brewill and Baily, architects of Nottingham, 1898

The collection comprises six architectural plans for a proposed English Presbyterian church at the corner of Villa Road and Mansfield Road, Nottingham. The plans were drawn up by Brewill and Baily, a firm of Nottingham architects. They are hand coloured, dated 1898 and consist of a site plan (MS 717/1); a plan of the interior showing the layout the church and the pews within it (MS 717/2); elevations for the side of the church facing Villa Road and the end of the church (MS 717/3); an elevation for the other side (MS 717/4); a longitudinal section of the church showing its internal arches and roof trusses (MS 717/5); and an elevation for the church where it faces Mansfield Road (MS 717/6).

Arthur William Brewill started an architectural practice in Exchange Chambers, Greyhound Street, Nottingham sometime between 1880 and 1885. The practice was still active in 1936 as A.W. Brewill and Son of 3 Victoria Street, Nottingham. By 1950, the firm was known as Brewill Son and Nunn. The last confirmed date of the firm's activity is 1956. Brewill accepted a variety of commissions and worked on private houses, churches and industrial premises. Nothing is known of Baily, a partner with Brewill in 1898 when the firm prepared the plans in this collection.

The English Presbyterian church, Mansfield Road, Nottingham was located at the intersection with Villa Road. It was erected between 1896 and 1900. By 1950, use of the building as a Presbyterian church had ceased; it was renamed Emanuel Full Gospel Church. It was renamed again by 1956 as the 2nd Church of Christ Scientist and it housed the Christ Scientist reading room.

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The collection came into the hands of the United Reform Church History Society and was acquired by the University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in June 2001.