The Dame Agnes Mellor's pub was built as part of modern St Ann’s in 1973 on land at the top of the Robin Hood Chase on the right.
The Agent for the Developer of the Dame Agnes Mellor’s pub site, Mr Chris Goodwin of RD Architects, informed me today that he and the developers were keen to work with the City Council on the Robin Hood Chase regeneration scheme.
The Dame Agnes Mellor’s was a very popular public house and local rugby teams made it their main venue. I use to work here as a barman in 1988, although I did not like the clientele who were often rude to bar staff & management always turned a blind eye.
Historically little is known about her date of her birth, however Agnes Meller or Mellor’s died in 1513. Agnes married Richard Meller (d.1509), a bell founder who was mayor of Nottingham in 1499-1500 and 1505-1506. Their house was in Broad Street, while the foundry was located in Queen Street. They had at least three children, Richard, Thomas, and Elizabeth. At some point after his death but before 1512, Agnes became a vowess. In 1513, following instructions in his will, she founded the Free School of Nottingham.
For some reason the planning application refers to The Woodborough pub, on Woodborough Road?
They said the cleared site would provide family dwellings and apartments arranged within a courtyard with communal facilities at its heart. In total there would be 15 units consisting of three two-bedroom apartments and twelve three bedroom family dwellings, supported by car parking for 13 dwellings, one of which will be for a disabled car user.
Planning permission was granted on 18th July 2005 and the public house was demolished soon after and the land cleared.
However, Clowes Developments were not experienced in building social housing, and had concentrated on the construction of factory units and the like in the past. Sadly they were unable to raise the money to finance the scheme and the land has remained undeveloped ever since.
There has been many attempts to sell the land over the last seven years without success.
The Agent for the developer Mr Chris Goodwin of RD Architects informed me a few days ago that “The Dame Agnes Mellor's site certainly worked well as a stand-alone or linked development with other properties which were demolished nearby without the need to reduce the open space available to the community.”
He said that they were working at one time with David Lockwood of Nottingham City Council . This was in relation to the prospect of redesigning the Robin Hood Chase shopping precinct in a sensitive way to fit in with the Dame Agnes development site. However, when David moved to work in Walsall a few years ago this lapsed.
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