9 And 11, St James' Street

9 and 11 St James' Street are two houses that were later converted into warehouses and works, and are now shops. They were built around 1770 and have been altered in the mid-19th century and mid-20th century. The buildings are made of red brick, with a painted ground floor and painted ashlar dressings, topped with a slate roof featuring modillion eaves. The structure has a double range plan with warehouse and factory additions at the rear.

The buildings rise to four storeys and have a seven-window range, primarily featuring original 12-pane sash windows set on a sill band, with wedge lintels and cornice keystones arranged in a pattern of 3:1:3. The upper floors have smaller windows on sill bands, with the third-floor windows lacking lintels. The central entrance has a wooden doorcase with pediments, a fielded six-panel door, and a fanlight. To the right is a similar but incomplete doorcase, and to the left is a round-arched doorway from around 1820, complete with a keystone. Other ground floor openings are later insertions from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Inside, there is an original wooden oval spiral staircase that reaches full height, featuring stick balusters and a ramped handrail. The stairwell includes a modillion cornice, a fan ceiling, and niches. There are also two minor staircases with stick balusters and three 18th-century panelled doors. The room on the right side of the ground floor has an Adam style frieze and cornice, along with an elliptical arched niche. The buildings have softwood king post roofs and 18th-century elliptical arched brick cellars. This site exemplifies the adaptation of houses for use as workshops and warehouses, which was common in Nottingham's lace and textile industries before around 1850.