168 AND 170, PARADE (See details for further address information)

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE DORMER PLACE 1208-1/7/288 (North side) 19/11/53 No.25

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See under: Nos.168 AND 170 PARADE.

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PARADE 1208-1/7/288 (West side) 19/11/53 Nos.168 AND 170 (Formerly Listed as: PARADE (West side) No.168) (Formerly Listed as: PARADE (West side) No.170)

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Formerly known as: Nos.168 AND 170 National Westminster Bank PARADE. Includes: No.25 DORMER PLACE. Houses, now restaurant with offices. c1835 with later alterations. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facade and concealed roof, with cast-iron balcony. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 4 first-floor windows, angle to left has 1 first-floor window and is curved on plan. First floor through second floor: to left a pair of fluted Ionic pilasters, similar single pilaster to right, to centre a pair of Tuscan fluted pilasters. Frieze, cornice. Above these to third floor are pilaster strips, those to ends have incised decoration, plain to centre. First floor: 10-pane French windows with overlights each in moulded surround with frieze and cornice. Second and third floors: 8/8 sashes with moulded surrounds, sills to second floor. Similar fenestration to angle, windows curved on plan and with blind box to first floor. Ground floor: horizontal rustication. 2 rectangular bays each with 4 Ionic columns and three 8/8 sashes between 2/2 sashes, moulded sills, frieze and cornice. Entrance: double doors to angle in rusticated arch with keystone, 2-columnar porch with frieze and cornice. Balconies above porch and to each bay have stick and circle balustrades. Left return: 4 storeys, 4 first-floor windows. First floor through second floor: pairs of tall fluted Ionic pilasters to ends. Frieze and cornice. Third floor: pilasters with incised decoration above pilasters. Cornice, blocking course with plain pilasters to ends, coping. First floor: tall 12/12 sashes in tooled surrounds with frieze and cornice. Second floor: 8/8 sashes in tooled surrounds and with sills. Third floor: smaller 8/8 sashes in tooled surrounds. Ground floor

has horizontal rustication. Entrance to left a board door. Four 12/12 sashes with sills. All windows in plain reveals. INTERIOR: rear openwell staircase has stick balusters and wreathed handrail. 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 c1808-1814 and extended towards Dormer Place c1835. Built as houses, hotels and lodging-houses, by 1850 many had become shops. Occupies an important corner site. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 33, 36-37; Manning JC (Facsimile by Warwickshire County Council 1988): Glimpses of our Local Past .. Royal Leamington Spa: Leamington Spa: 1895-: 138).

Listing NGR: SP3180865641