Queen'S Building

The Queen's Building, located on Pipers Row in Wolverhampton, is a former entrance gateway to the High Level Station, originally serving as ticket offices and a board room. It was opened on 1st October 1849 and was designed by Edward Banks for the Shrewsbury and Birmingham Railway Company. The building is constructed of buff brick with ashlar dressings and features a parapeted roof.

It stands two storeys tall and has a six-bay range, with the two central bays being wider. The majority of the bays are articulated by three-quarter columns, with end quoins. The ground floor showcases a Doric order with a triglyph frieze, while the end bays have stone panels set against a brick frieze. The first floor also features a Doric order, but with a Tuscan entablature that breaks forward over the columns. The attics above the second and fifth bays have angle pilasters.

There are two round-arched carriage entrances in the central bays, which have tunnel vaults and are flanked by angle pilasters, archivolts, and console-keystones, with late 20th-century glazed infill. The flanking round-headed entrances share similar architectural details. The end bays contain round-headed openings with architraves, spandrels, entablatures, and pediments. The first floor has round-headed windows with panelled pilasters, archivolts with console-keystones, and 20th-century glazing, while the end bays have windows similar to those on the ground floor but without pediments. The attics feature round openings, one of which is glazed and the other has a clock face.

There are 20th-century single-storey extensions at both ends, designed in a similar style. The rear of the building is similar to the front but has enriched capitals on the first-floor window pilasters. The Queen's Building serves as a reminder of Wolverhampton's significance as a railway centre.