Description: Milbie House was built by Watson Fothergill in 1889 as a warehouse. Watson Fothergill (whose real name was Fothergill Watson) Fothergill Watson was one of the leading local architects practising in the Nottingham area from about 1870 to 1906. During this time he designed over a hundred buildings including houses, banks, churches, shops and warehouses, many of which still survive today. His style was Gothic revival and the Old English vernacular (loosely based on medieval churches and castles, and 16th & 17th century tudor buildings), which were very popular in the Victorian times.