Description

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3266SW CLARENDON STREET
1208-1/4/409 (West side)
13/05/98 No.44

GV II

See under: No.128 WARWICK STREET.

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3266SW WARWICK STREET
1208-1/4/409 (South side)
13/05/98 No.128

GV II

Formerly known as: King's Arms Inn WARWICK STREET.
Includes: No.44 CLARENDON STREET.
Former public house, now house. c1826, with later additions
and alterations including late-C19 single-storey range to left
return. Reddish-brown brick, partly whitewashed and rendered,
with ashlar dressings; Welsh slate and plain-tile roofs.
EXTERIOR: main range of 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows, with
lean-to to right and end and rear ranges. Plinth. First and
second floors have blind central windows, otherwise first
floor has 6/6 sashes and second floor has 3/6 sashes. Ground
floor: central entrance a part-glazed and panelled door, in
plain reveals, doorcase has Tuscan pilasters supporting frieze
and hood. All windows in plain reveals. End stacks with
cornices.
Range to left: 2 boarded and bricked-in basket-arched openings
with Tuscan column between supporting hollow-chamfered arch
with keystone and imposts; full-height pilaster to left;
modillion cornice. Hipped roof has raised centre.
Clarendon Street facade has double-chamfered, moulded plinth,
end pilasters. Centre projects.
2 outer similar recessed entrances 6-panel double-doors with
basket-arched overlights, now boarded over, reveals have
Tuscan pilaster strips; cambered arch with central keystone
and imposts. Between are tall, basket-arched window openings,
now boarded in and with Tuscan pilasters between. Moulded
cornice.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
HISTORICAL NOTE: in 1829 this was the King's Arms Inn. Warwick
Street was laid out in 1822-1826.
(Merridew J: Leamington Directory 1829; Manning JC (Facsimile
by Warwickshire County Library 1988): Glimpses of our Local
Past.. Royal Leamington Spa: Royal Leamington Spa: 1895-: 125;
Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development:
Chichester: 1988-: 39).

Listing NGR: SP3203166094

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661668

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Nottinghamshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Oxfordshire: North and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Gloucestershire 2: The Vale and The Forest of Dean: Vale and Forest of Dean Pt. 2 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair