Staircase in the People's Hall, Heathcote Street ABOUT the
middle of the Eighteenth Century the art of house-building rose
to great heights in England, and the well-known Georgian houses,
with their look of solid comfort and their excellent
craftsmanship, were produced. Nottingham has many examples of
this type, and many of them are noteworthy for their magnificent
staircases, which by their careful design are very easy to
ascend, and by the beauty of their banisters and other
accessories are artistic treasures. Perhaps the most beautiful
of these staircases is the one in the People’s Hall in
Heathcote-street, Nottingham, a mansion built by Mr. Charles
Morley about 1740—about the time that Mr. Wesley was commencing
his public work. Mr. Morley was the proprietor of a pottery in
Beck-street, where (amongst other objects) were produced the
beautiful brown pots with their high glaze which are so much
sought after by collectors nowadays, and examples of which may
be studied in the Castle Museum.