Mapperley Hall

The first occupants were Ichabod Wright II (1767–1862) and his wife Harriet Maria Day (d.1843). Ichabod Wright was a banker, like his father Thomas, in the family bank founded by his grandfather Ichabod Wright I (1700–1777), a former ironmonger and Baltic merchant, in the Long Row, Nottingham in 1761. The couple had three sons and ten daughters. Their eldest son, Ichabod Charles Wright (born 1795) was born at Mapperley and joined his father in the banking profession in 1825, but being famous for his Italian literary pursuits later; he translated Dante's Divine Comedy in three instalments later in the 1830s.

The inscription on the rainwater head of the hall indicates the hall was built in 1792. According to records the hall was raised and altered in about 1845 and in 1889–90 additions were made by Robert Evans. The square plan building is built in three storeys and features stucco, with ashlar dressings and hipped slate roofs with various coped stacks. The windows mainly have glazing bar sashes and include a Venetian window and 4 reglazed French windows. At the rear, north end of the property, is a square service building with pyramidal roof, linked by a curved corridor. The paneled door to Mapperley Hall is flanked by plain sashes and is framed by a portico with pilasters. A double flight of…