Queen’s Chambers is a

Grade II listed In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...

building on Long Row and King Street in

Nottingham Nottingham ( , East Midlands English, locally ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city and Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area in Nottinghamshire, East Midlands, England. It is located north-west of London, south-east ...

History

It was constructed in 1897 to the designs of local architect

Fothergill Watson Watson Fothergill (12 July 1841 – 6 March 1928) was a British architect who designed over 100 unique buildings in Nottingham in the East Midlands of England, his influences were mainly from the Gothic Revival and Old English vernacular architec ...

for Edward Skipwith, a wine merchant, in the Tudorbeathan Gothic style. Edward Skipwith was a long standing merchant operating from premises on Long Row, and he rebuilt this building as he retired, possibly as a retirement investment. It comprised 4 shops with offices above. In 1993 the building underwent a £500,000 refurbishment lasting six months by Thomas Fish. This project won the 1993 Lord Mayor’s Urban Design Award.

References

{{Nottingham Places of Interest , state=autocollapse Grade II* listed buildings in Nottinghamshire Buildings and structures completed in 1897