Numbers 70 And 72 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3265NE LEAM TERRACE 1208-1/10/239 (South side) 25/03/70 Nos.70 AND 72 and attached railings

GV II

Pair of semi-detached houses and attached railings. c1838 with later alterations. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco front facade, Welsh slate roof and cast-iron railings. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement to right, 4 first-floor windows. End pilaster strips to full height. First floor: 6/6 sashes in plain reveals and with sills. Ground floor: pair of central entrances, 5 steps to 3-panel, part-glazed doors with overlights with decorative glazing in plain reveals, with combined architrave of pilaster strips with frieze and cornice. To either side a canted bay: 6/6 between 2/2 sashes with fielded pilasters, frieze and cornice. Basement to right has narrow lights. Narrow frieze and low parapet to left. End stacks, taller to left and with cornice. Raised ridge between houses. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings to left sides of steps have spear-head finials. HISTORICAL NOTE: Leam Terrace was laid out c1828-1836 and almost completely built as far as Willes Road by 1841. Forms an architectural group with nos 68 and 74 Leam Terrace (qv) and No.1 Lower Leam Street (qv). (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 30; Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1970-).

Listing NGR: SP3256565538