This lovely old building in Newark Nottinghamshire for all to see. THE OSSINGTON COFFEE TAVERN, which forms so conspicuous and imposing a feature when Newark is entered from the Great North Road, was built in 1882, being founded by a lady, (as the lozenge on its swinging sign proclaims) Viscountess Ossington, a daughter of the fourth Duke of Portland, in memory of her husband, Mr. Speaker Denison. It is a Temperance Hotel, with assembly rooms, and is administered by a body of public trustees, any profit resulting from its trade being devoted to the Newark Hospital. It is a magnificent building in the late Tudor style, with a fine series of leaded oriel windows. Visitors should go upstairs into the Assembly Boom in order to realise the lavish scale upon which this splendid and useful memorial was constructed. Video taken by Laurence Goff cllrlaurencegoffnewark@yahoo.co.uk Catch me on facebook by putting in my email address

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