The Frontage is a Grade II listed building in the Nottingham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 August 1972. Office. 31 related planning applications.
The Frontage
- WRENN ID
- nether-kitchen-spring
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Nottingham
- Constituency
- Nottingham East MP: Nadia Whittome (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 August 1972
- Type
- Office
- Address
- The Frontage, Queen Street, City of Nottingham, NG1 2BL
- OS grid reference
- SK 571 400
- Coordinates
- 52.95439, -1.15018
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Frontage is a former head post office, now used as offices, built between 1895 and 1898 by Tanner of the Office of Works. The building was largely rebuilt around 1985, retaining only the original facade. It is constructed from ashlar stone and features a slate roof with several coped ashlar stacks, some of which have been renewed. Designed in the Renaissance Revival style, the facade includes a plinth, cornices, a blocking course, and coped gables.
The building has three and four storeys plus attics, with a total of 17 windows arranged in an alternating pattern. It consists of four blocks that create an almost symmetrical appearance. The main block has three storeys and three bays, featuring two modillion cornices and giant Ionic columns on pedestals. The ground floor is marked by three tall round arches that contain a pedimented doorcase with a granite surround, flanked by plate glass windows, all topped with fanlights. Above this, there are three windows on each floor, and a pedimented dormer with side columns and a cross-framed window. Small pedimented dormers are located on each side.
The projecting side bays have flat-headed doorways with small triple windows above. The upper levels display regular fenestration and large dormers. The side blocks, each with three bays, feature central round-arched doorways with columns, flanked by flat-headed transomed windows. Above these doorways, there is regular fenestration and three small dormers. The projecting end bays have cross mullioned windows on the ground floor, with regular fenestration and single dormers above, the right bay featuring a larger dormer. To the right, there is an additional bay with three windows and cross mullioned windows on each floor. The right side also has an altered ground floor window. The building is topped with three large attic windows that have segmental pediments. The end bay to the right includes a 20th-century entrance, with regular fenestration and a large dormer above it. The only part of this former post office that holds special architectural interest is its facade.
Local climate
The Frontage sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 83% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Related listed building consents — 31 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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