46, Queen Street

A dispensary and post office dating from circa 1849, later used as a restaurant and office, was designed in 1826 by Hollins of Birmingham and altered circa 1849 by E. Banks. The building is constructed of stucco with a parapeted roof and is in the Greek Revival style. It has two storeys and seven bays, with the central three bays projecting forward. The ground floor of the centre has channelled rustication, a band above the ground floor, and the first floor features fielded-panelled pilasters and an entablature topped with a parapet. The centre section has an applied tetrastyle Doric colonnade with baseless, fluted columns and a parapet. The ground floor windows are segmental-headed, with architraves and fixed glazing with six-pane upper lights to the ends. The first floor windows are sash windows with twelve panes, the central window featuring incised pilaster strips, a consoled entablature, and a balustraded apron. An inserted entrance is located in the second bay; the central segmental-headed entrance has fluted pilasters, paterae on the frieze, and a fanlight with leaded glazing. The interior was partially inspected and the staircase has a boarded balustrade; the first floor may retain features of interest. This purpose-built dispensary was the first in Wolverhampton and was superseded by the Royal Hospital on Cleveland Road in 1849.