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Latitude: 52.9539 / 52°57'13"N
Longitude: -1.1497 / 1°8'59"W
OS Eastings: 457219
OS Northings: 339949
OS Grid: SK572399
Mapcode National: GBR LPP.68
Mapcode Global: WHDGZ.90RT
Plus Code: 9C4WXV32+H4
Entry Name: Queen's Chambers
Listing Date: 12 July 1972
Last Amended: 30 November 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1254714
English Heritage Legacy ID: 457453
Also known as: Queen's Chambers, Nottingham
ID on this website: 101254714
Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1
County: City of Nottingham
Electoral Ward/Division: Bridge
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Nottingham
Traditional County: Nottinghamshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Nottinghamshire
Church of England Parish: Nottingham St Peter with St James
Church of England Diocese: Southwell and Nottingham
Tagged with: Building Architectural structure
NOTTINGHAM
SK5739NW LONG ROW
646-1/20/336 (North side)
12/07/72 Nos.25 AND 26
Queen's Chambers
(Formerly Listed as:
LOW PAVEMENT
Nos.25 AND 26)
(Formerly Listed as:
KING STREET
Nos.1-7 (Odd))
GV II
Includes: Nos.1-7 KING STREET.
Shops and offices. 1897. By Watson Fothergill for EW Skipwith.
Restored 1992. Gothic Revival style. Red brick, with ashlar
and terracotta dressings. Jettied timber-framed gables with
bargeboards. Renewed plain tile roof with 3 massive side wall
stacks.
Windows are cross casements with stone mullions and tracery,
and plainer wooden windows to the attics. 3 and 4 storeys plus
attics. 2 x 6 bays. Corner site, emphasised by an octagonal
tourelle with spire and lucarnes.
Long Row front has a ground floor colonnade with granite piers
and renewed shopfronts. Above, 2 windows on each floor, 3 of
them oriels. Above all, 2 gables.
King Street front has a central entrance bay with traceried
windows, topped by a crenellated tower. To its left, a plain
bay with pairs of windows and a hipped attic dormer. To left
again, the corner block, with renewed shopfronts and a central
3-storey oriel window under a gable. To right, a double bay
with renewed shopfronts, two 2-storey oriel windows, and
double gables.
This building is an outstanding example of Fothergill's work,
using features drawn from Burges and Shaw.
(Get to know Nottingham: Brand K: Watson Fothergill,
Architect: Nottingham: 1987-: 13; The Buildings of England:
Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 234).
Listing NGR: SK5721939949
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