Queen'S Chambers

Queen's Chambers, located on Long Row in Nottingham, is a Grade II listed building that was constructed in 1897 by architect Watson Fothergill for E.W. Skipwith. This building, which also includes Nos. 1-7 King Street, showcases the Gothic Revival style and features red brick with ashlar and terracotta dressings.

The design includes jettied timber-framed gables adorned with bargeboards and a renewed plain tile roof supported by three large side wall stacks. The windows are primarily cross casements with stone mullions and tracery, while the attics have simpler wooden windows. The structure rises three to four storeys plus attics and consists of two sections with six bays each.

Prominently situated on a corner, the building is highlighted by an octagonal tourelle topped with a spire and lucarnes. The Long Row facade features a ground floor colonnade with granite piers and updated shopfronts. Above, there are two windows on each floor, three of which are oriels, and two gables at the top. The King Street facade has a central entrance bay with traceried windows and a crenellated tower. To the left, there is a plain bay with pairs of windows and a hipped attic dormer. Further left is the corner block with renewed shopfronts and a central three-storey oriel window beneath a gable. To the right, a double bay features renewed shopfronts, two two-storey oriel windows, and double gables.

Queen's Chambers is considered an outstanding example of Fothergill's architectural work, incorporating design elements influenced by architects Burges and Shaw. The building underwent restoration in 1992.