Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Queen's Chambers at Wikipedia
• Wikidata IDs Q113576169 Q26546360

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Recommended Books

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  Northumberland (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The green guide for historic buildings: how to improve the environmental performance of listed and historic buildings
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hampshire: Winchester and the North (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)