23 And 25, Portland Street

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PORTLAND STREET 1208-1/7/320 (East side) 25/03/70 Nos.23 AND 25 (Formerly Listed as: PORTLAND STREET (East side) Nos.23 AND 23A)

GV II

House, now shop and flat. c1824-1836 with later additions and alterations including mid-late C20 dormers. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facade and Welsh slate roof. 3 storeys with attic, 2 first-floor windows. First floor: band surmounted by fielded pilaster strips to ends. To left a canted bay window, 2/2 sash between 1/1 sashes, blind boxes; to right a 6/6 sash with sill. Second floor: band surmounted by fielded pilaster strips. 6/6 sashes with sills. Frieze, cornice, blocking course partly conceals roof dormers. Ground floor: horizontal rustication remains to sides. Steps to entrances both at right side, a glazed door, and 4-panel, part-glazed door with blind fanlight within recess with moulded surround with keystone. To left a cambered carriage arch with keystone, otherwise plate-glass shop window. End stacks. INTERIOR: not inspected. HISTORICAL NOTE: Portland Street was laid out 1823-1824. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 39).

Listing NGR: SP3156165910