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Latitude: 52.955 / 52°57'17"N
Longitude: -1.1492 / 1°8'57"W
OS Eastings: 457253
OS Northings: 340069
OS Grid: SK572400
Mapcode National: GBR LPN.9W
Mapcode Global: WHDGS.BZ0K
Plus Code: 9C4WXV32+X8
Entry Name: Express Buildings
Listing Date: 30 November 1995
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1255230
English Heritage Legacy ID: 458918
ID on this website: 101255230
Location: Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, NG1
County: City of Nottingham
Electoral Ward/Division: Bridge
Parish: Non Civil Parish
Built-Up Area: Nottingham
Traditional County: Nottinghamshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Nottinghamshire
Church of England Parish: Nottingham St Peter with St James
Church of England Diocese: Southwell and Nottingham
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NOTTINGHAM
SK5740SW UPPER PARLIAMENT STREET
646-1/14/656 (South side)
No.29
Express Buildings
GV II
Offices and shops. c1900. Red brick, with granite and ashlar
dressings and slate roofs. Renaissance Revival style, with
polychrome ashlar bands.
Major cornice, bays divided by pilasters. Windows are mainly
original plain sashes, with stone surrounds, mullions and
transoms. 4 storeys plus attics; 2 x 3 bays. Corner site with
rounded corner, continuous shopfronts, and side entrance bay.
Entrance bay, to Upper Parliament Street, has a heavily
rusticated granite doorcase with segmental arch and voussoirs.
Renewed door and sidelights. Above, a canted oriel window, 4
storeys, with a lead dome. Venetian window on the first floor
and triple sash above. Above again, triple sash with
rusticated columns and pediment, and to attics, a triple sash
with shaped parapet.
Shopfronts, divided by heavily rusticated granite pilasters,
have single plate glass windows with bronze surrounds and
fascia. Glazed doors to corner bay and left return.
Upper floors have regular courses of windows, 2 lights, those
to the first floor segment-arched. 3 windows to corner bay, 2
windows to the remainder. Corner bay has rusticated columns to
the third floor windows. Alternate bays have segmental
pediments to the attic windows, and shaped gables containing
round windows, also with segmental pediments.
King Street was formed in 1892.
Listing NGR: SK5725340069
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