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Numbers 8 and 9 and Attached Walls

A Grade II* Listed Building in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2928 / 52°17'34"N

Longitude: -1.5279 / 1°31'40"W

OS Eastings: 432296

OS Northings: 266184

OS Grid: SP322661

Mapcode National: GBR 6NJ.BJM

Mapcode Global: VHBXJ.GMMN

Plus Code: 9C4W7FVC+4R

Entry Name: Numbers 8 and 9 and Attached Walls

Listing Date: 19 November 1953

Grade: II*

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1381348

English Heritage Legacy ID: 481708

ID on this website: 101381348

Location: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV32

County: Warwickshire

District: Warwick

Town: Warwick

Civil Parish: Royal Leamington Spa

Built-Up Area: Royal Leamington Spa

Traditional County: Warwickshire

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire

Church of England Parish: Leamington Priors St Paul

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description



ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3266SW LANSDOWNE CIRCUS
1208-1/4/205 (North side)
19/11/53 Nos.8 AND 9
and attached walls

GV II*

Pair of semi-detached villas. c1834-1838 with later
alterations. Architect, William Thomas. Pinkish-brown brick
with painted stucco facade and Welsh slate roof with cast-iron
porches and verandahs.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement and attics, 6 first-floor
windows of which the entrance bays to left and right are set
back. First floor: to left and right are narrow, round-arched
2/2 sashes, otherwise 6/6 sashes, in plain reveals and with
sills. Entrances: 7 steps to 3-panel doors. 10-pane French
windows with margin-lights to centre. Basement has casement
windows. Frieze, cornice, low parapet; roof dormer to right;
central ridge and rear stacks. Porch has delicate scroll motif
to uprights. Continuous verandah to ground floor, centre has
anthemion motif to balustrade and circles to uprights. Windows
to No.9 have blind boxes.
INTERIOR to No.9 has staircase with wreathed handrail and
rod-with-central-bobbin balusters; 4-panel doors, and shutters
to some windows.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: screen walls to right and left abut Nos 7
and 10 (qqv).
HISTORICAL NOTE: a map of 1834 shows Lansdowne Circus and
Crescent laid out for 'intended buildings'.
Lansdowne Circus is an almost complete layout of practically
identical villas. Nos 1-17 (consecutive) Lansdowne Circus form
an architectural group with Victoria House, and Nos 19-57
(odd) Lansdowne Crescent (qqv), all by William Thomas.
(Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development:
Chichester: 1977-: 39, 57).

Listing NGR: SP3229666184

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