Description

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NW PORTLAND PLACE
1208-1/6/306 (South side)
25/03/70 No.34
and attached railings

GV II

House, now flats and attached railings. c1824, with later
additions and alterations. Pinkish-brown brick with painted
stucco facades and Welsh slate roof with cast-iron railings.
3 storeys with basement, 3 first-floor windows, with extension
set back to right. 4 steps to central entrance a 2-panel door
with overlight with glazing bars within distyle Ionic porch
with engaged Doric pilasters, frieze, cornice, blocking
course. 3/3 sashes. First floor has 8/8 sashes with sills and
plain reveals. Frieze, cornice, low parapet, end stacks.
Basement has glazed doors and casements.
Garden facade has continuous ground-floor verandah with
slender scrolls and two 12-pane French windows. Tall, 8/8
stained glass staircase window with margin lights.
INTERIOR: noted as retaining original plasterwork and joinery
including shutters to some windows.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: lancet railings to side have newels with
urn finials.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Portland Place was laid out in 1823-1824.
(Manning JC (Facsimile by Warwickshire County Library 1988):
Glimpses of our Local Past .. Royal Leamington Spa: Royal
Leamington Spa: 1895-: 140; Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its
History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 39).

Listing NGR: SP3149365766

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26688012

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Devon (Pevsner Buildings of England)
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  Suffolk: East (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)