r/VictorianEra

This is rare in the UK, it's now home to Nottingham Wildlife Trust. If you magnify, you can see the date of the school.

Found this photo of a Victorian man in some thing that I bought, didn't expect it to be there but thought it was interesting. Does anyone know anything about it eg approx date, or if he was anyone of significance? I'd be curious to know

I read some posts on here and thought I would throw in my experience. Firstly, if you buy a house that is Listed ensure you can afford big bills if something goes wrong and be prepared to wait for things to be fixed.

I knocked out the living room fireplace thinking I would have a 60cm x 45cm hole to the flu to install a period fireplace - the subsequent hole was 110cm in width, 80cm high and 90cm deep…I have a rather nice fire basket and a cast iron surround now.

Lifting carpets is hilarious. In my 29 square metre living room half was original Victorian pine, half was 1970s, thrown down by builders. I took the lot up - 2500 iron brads, nails - took me 3 months. The Victorian pine I bought was £1200 )and that was cheap).

Don’t put insulation under the suspended floor - Victorian houses need to breathe. Don’t put damp proof courses in / just maintain your air bricks.

Ensure your leaded lights are maintained. A plasterer opened one of my upstairs windows and it fell to its death. Another window on the same run feeds the bathroom and was not original so I ripped it out. Two things - £1400 per window and 3 years to get them fitted.

Personally, I would never put a fitted kitchen in a Victorian house. Mine unfitted one works for me.

Before and after pictures attached.

First five photos are 1840s, last four are 1880s. Obviously neither are modern, but I feel like the 1840s are significantly further removed and more foreign-looking.