Number 2 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PORTLAND STREET 1208-1/7/310 (West side) 25/03/70 No.2 and attached railings

GV II

Villa, now club and attached railings. c1824-1836 with mid-late C20 additions and alterations including attics and entrance bay to right. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facades, cement-tile roof and cast-iron railings and balcony. 2 storeys with attic and basement, 3 first-floor windows. First floor: moulded band surmounted by Doric pilasters between windows and to ends; 2/2 sashes. Frieze, cornice, low parapet. Flight of 5 steps to central entrance a part-glazed door with fanlight within distyle Doric porch with entablature. Bow windows to outer bays through basement and ground floors; ground floor, each with two 6/6 sashes. First floor has continuous circle-motif balustrade across tops of bows and porch. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings and gate and to sides of porch have bars with paterae and anthemion finials. HISTORICAL NOTE: Portland Street was laid out in 1823-4. Nos 2-8 (even) Portland Street (qqv) form an architectural group. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 39).

Listing NGR: SP3153065998