LEWIS NOCKALLS COTTINGHAM (1787-1847)

Lewis Nockalls Cottingham was one of the first to take an interest in Gothic architecture.  He was involved in the restoration and preservation of English Gothic buildings and founded a museum of medieval art in his home on Waterloo Road, London.  Here he gathered together fragments from medieval ruins and casts of objects he considered important for study.

The image alongside reproduces a drawing by Cottingham from 1843, for a neo-Gothic sofa to be created in Snelston Hall, near Ashbourne, Derbyshire (© Victoria & Albert Museum)