Description:
The Trip to Jerusalem, Brewhouse Yard, is a remarkably interesting building. The date on its sign is 1190 and this no doubt refers to the original foundation of some ale house which has now disappeared, for the present house is merely a front to some very interesting and ancient rock chambers in the rear.
It is a Tudor structure and there appears to be no authentic record of it before 1760, when it is spoken of as 'The Pilgrim'. The origin of its name is obscure. In 1677 Thoroton speaks of Brewhouse Yard as a 'Receptacle for Fanatics'. Amongst these 'Fanatics' was a sect calling themselves the 'Philadelphians' or 'Family of Love', and referring to each other as 'Pilgrims'. It is possible that this body may have met in this house and so it got its name 'The Pilgrim', and it is easy to see how 'The Pilgrim to Jerusalem', which is a natural extension of 'The Pilgrim', became colloquialised into 'The Trip to Jerusalem'.
Descriptive text taken from 'Nottingham Past and Present', published in 1926.