Description

WOLVERHAMPTON

SO9198NW QUEEN SQUARE
895-1/11/283 (North side)
No.41

GV II

Shop, now amusement arcade. 1870s. Stucco with ashlar
dressings; parapeted roof. Italianate style. 4 storeys; single
window range to Queen Square; 5-window range to Exchange
Street has ends and centre breaking forward; recessed curved
corners. Ground floor has C20 shop front based on original;
1st floor has string course and consoled projections over bold
flower motifs; 2nd floor has sill course and platt band over;
panelled pilaster strips to 2nd and 3rd floors; top frieze and
cornice with parapet. Shop front has round-headed windows
between panelled piers, frieze and cornice over; 1st floor has
window with 3 round-headed lights and slender colonnettes; 2nd
floor has window with consoled pediment over 4-pane horned
sash; 3rd floor has architraved window with 4-pane horned
sash. Angle has architraved windows with bowed sashes, that to
2nd floor round-headed. Return to Exchange Street similar,
bays breakng forward have details as front, but centre has
paired round-headed windows to 2nd floor; other bays as to
corner; some blind windows. Rear similar but simpler. Included
for group value.

Listing NGR: SO9139898722

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26497547

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