The Frontage

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NW QUEEN STREET 646-1/20/508 (South West side) 17/08/72 The Frontage (Formerly Listed as: QUEEN STREET Former Head Post Office)

GV II

Head post office, now offices. 1895-98. By Tanner of the Office of Works. Rebuilt, apart from the facade, c1985. Ashlar, with slate roof and various coped ashlar stacks, some renewed. Renaissance Revival style. Plinth, cornices, blocking course, coped gables. Windows, reglazed, are mainly mullioned, with cross mullions on the second floor. Stone mullions and transoms. 3 and 4 storeys plus attics; 17 windows, alternating 1/3. 4 blocks, giving an almost symmetrical facade. Main block, 3 storeys plus attics, 3 bays, has 2 modillion cornices and is divided by giant Ionic columns on pedestals. Ground floor has 3 tall round arches containing a pedimented doorcase with granite surround, flanked by plate glass windows, all with fanlights. Above, 3 windows on each floor, and above again, a pedimented dormer with side columns and a cross-framed window. On each side, small pedimented dormers. Projecting side bays have flat-headed doorways with small triple windows over them. Above, regular fenestration and large dormers. Side blocks, 3 bays, have central round-arched doorways with columns, flanked by flat-headed transomed windows. Above, regular fenestration and 3 small dormers. Projecting end bays have cross mullioned windows to the ground floor, and above, regular fenestration and single dormers, the right bay with a larger dormer. To right, an additional bay, 3 windows, with cross mullioned windows to each floor. Altered ground floor window to right. 3 large attic windows with segmental pediments. End bay, to right, has a C20 entrance, and above, regular fenestration and a large dormer. To right, an additional block, 3 windows. Only the facade of this former Post Office is of special architectural interest. (The Buildings of England: Pevsner N: Nottinghamshire: London: 1979-: 234).

Listing NGR: SK5719040003