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Midland Bank

A Grade II Listed Building in Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire

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Coordinates

Latitude: 52.2893 / 52°17'21"N

Longitude: -1.5356 / 1°32'8"W

OS Eastings: 431772

OS Northings: 265789

OS Grid: SP317657

Mapcode National: GBR 6NJ.GKW

Mapcode Global: VHBXJ.BQKC

Plus Code: 9C4W7FQ7+PQ

Entry Name: Midland Bank

Listing Date: 18 August 1980

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1381428

English Heritage Legacy ID: 481790

ID on this website: 101381428

Location: Royal Leamington Spa, Warwick, Warwickshire, CV32

County: Warwickshire

District: 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 All Saints

Church of England Diocese: Coventry

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Description



ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PARADE
1208-1/7/279 (West side)
18/08/80 No.126
Midland Bank

GV II

Hotel, now bank. Built in 1811 as the Bedford Hotel and sold
in 1856 to the Leamington Priors and Warwickshire Bank when it
was altered by William Gascoyne to the designs of Mr Bateman
of Birmingham, ground floor altered c1900. Sandstone ashlar
facade with pinkish-brown brick stacks and concealed roof.
Italian palazzo style.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 4 first-floor windows. Ground floor
projects and the outer, entrance bays project again, panelled
plinth, rustication. Banded Tuscan columns on plinths to
either side of each entrance and to ends of projections, with
further pair to sides of central window; frieze, dentil
cornice.
Entrances have 8-panel double doors, fanlight,
hollow-chamfered round arch with keystone. 3 fixed-light
windows in hollow-chamfered, elliptically-arched surrounds
with keystones.
First floor: Continuous balcony over projecting ground floor
has range of bulbous balusters in front of each window, and
piers between surmounted by ball finials. Plate-glass French
windows with divided overlights in aedicules with dentil
segmental pediments and quoins.
INTERIOR: ground floor, banking hall has moulded 'Georgian'
ceiling with elaborate egg-and-dart and modillion cornice.
Arcade around walls has paired pilasters with round arches.
Carved mahogany counter with panelling. Staircase has
cast-iron balustrade.
HISTORICAL NOTE: the Parade was so-named in 1860. Originally
called Lillington Lane, it was renamed Union Row c1809. The
lower section was laid out c1810-1814.
(Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development:
Chichester: 1988-: 33, 36-37; Manning JC (Facsimile by
Warwickshire County Library 1988): Glimpses of our Local Past
.. Its History and Development: Royal Leamington Spa: 1895-:
138).

Listing NGR: SP3177265789

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