Number 13 And Attached Wall

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3265NW LEAM TERRACE 1208-1/9/218 (North side) 25/03/70 No.13 and attached wall (Formerly Listed as: LEAM TERRACE (North side) Nos.9, 11 AND 13)

GV II

Villa and attached walls. 1833-1836 with later alterations. Possibly by John Mair for Letts. Pinkish-brown brick with stucco facade and Welsh slate roof. Neo-Tudor style. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement and attic to gable, 2 first-floor windows; gable end to street. First floor: band. 6-pane casements with margin-lights, chamfered surrounds and hoodmoulds. Attic has triple 2-pane casement windows with margin-lights, hoodmould, sill. Ground floor, entrance to left: 2 steps to pointed-arched opening with chamfered surround, hoodmould with face stops. Within a multi-pane door. Two 8-pane French windows with overlights with pointed-arched glazing bars, all with margin-lights. Continuous balcony with 4-centred-arched balustrade. Basement: part-glazed door and 4/8 sash. Decorative bargeboards to gable end, end stacks. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: To right an embattled wall with 4-centred-arched, chamfered opening with plank door, adjoins similar wall to No.11 (qv). HISTORICAL NOTE: Letts bought the land in 1833; John Mair, Architect, of London was one of the signatories. The house is shown on a 'Panoramic View of Leamington from Newbold Terrace' by Anne Gun Cunninghame, lithographed and printed by G Rowe of Cheltenham c1840. Leam Terrace was laid out c1828-1836 and both sides to Willes Road were almost completely built upon by 1841. Forms an architectural group with Nos 9 & 11 (qv). (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 30; Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1970-; Title deeds to No.11 Leam Terrace).

Listing NGR: SP3221065521