page_title: William Mortimer (architect)
section_title: Public Buildings
hierarchical_section_title: William Mortimer (architect) / Architectural Work / Work of William Mortime and W. Mortimer and Son / Public Buildings
caption_attribution_description: English: Racecourse grandstand The grandstand at Lincoln racecourse, redundant as a grandstand but the facilities are used for a range of community functions, including a mosque for Friday prayers. Racing took place at Lincoln between 1858 and 1965 and "The Lincoln" remains one of the biggest races of the flat season, although now run at Doncaster
context_page_description: William Mortimer was an architect working in Lincoln from around 1858. He also played for the Lincolnshire County Cricket team.
context_section_description: 1890 Liberal Club, Saltergate, Lincoln. Brick and terracotta with stone dressing, and a delicate iron balustrade over entrance.
  Masonic Rooms, 33,35,37, Mint Street, Lincoln. Two storey brick building with five bays and side extensions. Stone outer rustication. The   central bay with lower entrance, flanked with terracotta ornamented pilasters and capped with a shaped gable. Built for the Witham Lodge in 1894.
  1897. Lincoln Racecourse grandstand Saxilby Road. Gault brick, with red brick dressings to window arches. Made asymmetrical by a trio of gables on one side of the two storey facade with twelve bays.   Stone and cast-iron piers, hipped and gabled corrugated iron roofs with valances. The open front has wood and concrete terraces and coped brick end walls. The iron piers have scroll brackets. One gable  is  half-round with the Royal arms, flanked by single triangular gables, all with bargeboards. The building was listed Grade II in 1991.
caption: Lincoln Racecourse grandstand, 1897
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