King John'S Chambers

NOTTINGHAM

SK5739NW BRIDLESMITH GATE 646-1/20/44 (East side) Nos.13 AND 15 King John's Chambers

GV II

Also known as: Nos.1-9 KING JOHN'S CHAMBERS. Shops, offices and arcade. 1888. By John Howitt of Nottingham, restored late C20. Red brick with ashlar dressings, timber framing with rendered nogging. Plain tile roofs with 4 tall, coped side wall stacks. Tudor Revival style. Windows are mainly cross casements with wooden mullions and transoms. 3 storeys plus attics; 3 window range. Symmetrical front has a central opening to the arcade, flanked by single late C20 shopfronts. Ground floor divided by original panelled ashlar pilasters under a fascia with end brackets. Upper floors are jettied, with projecting end bays and ashlar brackets. In the centre, a 3-light casement on each floor, and to the attic a hipped dormer, 3 lights. Side bays have a 4-light window on each floor, and to the attic a gabled dormer with bargeboards and finial. 3-light mullioned window with glazing bars, and above it, a still smaller 3-light window. Arcade, painted and glazed brick, 2 storeys plus basement. 2 sections, 7 and 8 windows, divided by a footbridge at second floor level. Regular fenestration with plain sashes, those to the ground floor larger. Plastic glazed roof, late C20.

Listing NGR: SK5740039801