King John's Chambers

KING JOHN'S CHAMBERS, 13 AND 15, BRIDLESMITH GATE

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1246262
Date first listed:
30-Nov-1995
List Entry Name:
King John's Chambers
Statutory Address:
KING JOHN'S CHAMBERS, 13 AND 15, BRIDLESMITH GATE
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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1246262
Date first listed:
30-Nov-1995
List Entry Name:
King John's Chambers
Statutory Address 1:
KING JOHN'S CHAMBERS, 13 AND 15, BRIDLESMITH GATE

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

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Corrections and minor amendments

The scope of legal protection for listed buildings

This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.

Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.

For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.

Understanding list entries

Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
KING JOHN'S CHAMBERS, 13 AND 15, BRIDLESMITH GATE

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
City of Nottingham (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Non Civil Parish
National Grid Reference:
SK 57400 39801

Details

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

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
454799
Legacy System:
LBS

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This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.

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