86, 86A, 88 AND 90, REGENT STREET

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE REGENT STREET 1208-1/7/353 (South side) 25/03/70 Nos.86, 86A, 88 AND 90

GV II

Terrace of 3 houses, now shops with flats and storage over. Numbered right to left. c1814-1836 with later additions and alterations including extensions to rear, and mid-C20 shop fronts. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco front facade, Welsh slate and concealed roofs with cast-iron balconies. 3 storeys, 6 first-floor windows. First floor: six 10-pane French windows with margin-lights in plain reveals. Second floor has 3/6 sashes in plain reveals and with sills. Moulded cornice, blocking course. Ground floor: glazed doors in glazed shop fronts. Tall stacks with cornices to right of each house. First floor has continuous Carron Company double-heart-and-anthemion motif balcony. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Regent Street, originally known as Cross Street, was laid out c1808-1814, but the first buildings in a terrace development date from 1814. (Manning JC (Facsimile by Warwickshire County Library 1988): Glimpses of our local past.. Royal Leamington Spa: Royal Leamington Spa: 1895-: 16, 140).

Listing NGR: SP3186865902