29 AND 31, LONG ROW

This building comprises two shops at 29 and 31 Long Row, Nottingham. It was originally built in 1899 as a replacement for the Ram Commercial Hotel, designed by Brewill & Bailey of Nottingham for the Providence Estates Co. Ltd. The building was remodelled in 1908 by the same architects for Liptons Ltd., and subsequently altered around 1970. Constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and a slate roof, the building is in a Renaissance Revival style. It features first and second-floor cornices and a parapet, with a stylised side wall stack. The building is three storeys high plus attics, with a six-window range. The majority of the windows are original cross casements with glazing bar toplights, set within heavily rusticated surrounds. The symmetrical facade displays regular fenestration, and incorporates two elaborate, shaped coped gables topped with pediments; these gables contain renewed two-light casements. The ground floor features an arcaded section with three granite Doric columns and a late 20th-century full-width shopfront.