Title

Durban House, Mansfield Road, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, 1966. Artist: George L Roberts

Caption

Durban House, Mansfield Road, Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, 1966. The mines in Eastwood were originally owned by the Barber and Walker families. Eastwood Hall was formerly the home of the Walker family and was built in 1810. Opposite Eastwood Hall on Mansfield Road is Durban House, seen here, which has recently been renovated. It featured in the DH Lawrence novel Sons and Lovers and was used by Barber, Walker and Co as offices for the mines. The Barber family lived at Lamb Close House in Moorgreen.

Date

2009

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/George L. Roberts

Reference

HRM19D65_472

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

50,0Mb (2,5Mb) / 16,1in x 12,1in / 4830 x 3620 (300dpi)

Keywords

exterior road building buildings England architecture street industry country British English lane nottinghamshire avenue mining entrance location century driveway Britain company outside barber B&W office building MONOCHROME coal mining Sixties Coal Industry black & white black and white B W 1960s 20th century TGN photograph Eastwood Durban House Mansfield Road Walker & Co NEMPR Picture the Past George L Roberts Roberts George L photograph