Description: Looking east towards the junction with South Sherwood Street and Parliament Street, showing the Turf Tavern on the corner. The classical-style Theatre Royal was built in 1865 by C J Phipps. The statue in the centre of the square was erected to commemorate Samuel Morley, MP for Nottingham and Bristol, campaigner for Nonconformist emancipation and the principal benefactor of Morley College for adult education. He died in 1886.