Nuthall Temple, built c.1754-7, replaced an older building called Nut Hall, but is not on the same site. (1)
Built for Sir Charles Sedley in 1754-7 by Thomas Wright. Glorious stucco work inside by Thomas Roberts of Oxford. Demolished in 1929: a disgrace. (2)
The last squire of Nuthall was Reverand Robert Holden who inherited the estate in 1913. He died in 1926 and the following year the house and parkland were offered for sale. No suitable purchaser could be found. In July 1929, after parts of the fabric had been sold off, oak props underpinning the mansion were soaked in paraffin and petrol and set alight in the first stage of the house's demolition. Another part of the house was demolished in 1929, but then the remaining central core, too solid for the demolition men, was left standing for the next thirty-seven years In 1966 construction of the M1 motorway ensured the ruins were flattened by explosives and then buried forever. A summerhouse and dovecote dated 1759, the lake, a pair of bridges and a gate pillar to the east of the Three Ponds public house all survived. (3)

<1> Thoroton Society, 1906, TTS, p 8 (Published document). SNT333.

<2> Pevsner N, 1979, The Buildings of England: Nottinghamshire 2nd ed., p 280 (Monograph). SNT4.

<3> Jones PE, 2006, Lost Houses of Nottinghamshire, pp 42-43 (Monograph). SNT1893.