In 1799 Joseph Raynor was appointed the first postmaster in Nottingham and he had his post office on High Street.

On 14 October 1847 the foundation stone for a new post office was laid on the same site by the Mayor of Nottingham, William Cripps Esq.

[5] The new building was designed by the architect and surveyor to the Corporation of Nottingham, Henry Moses Wood[6] Postal business was transacted here until December 1868.

This was confirmed by Colonel Vivian Dering Majendie, the Chief Inspector of Explosives, and the packages were removed and destroyed without any damage to the building.

The contractors were T. Fish and Sons of Hermitage Mills, Hermit Street, Sneinton and the architect Henry Tanner of the Office of Works.

[17] In 1873 the Postmaster oversaw the work of 30 letter carriers, 30 clerks and seven town receiving offices processing 6,760,000 mail items per year.