Number 8 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE PORTLAND STREET 1208-1/7/314 (West side) 25/03/70 No.8 and attached railings

GV II

Villa, now hotel and attached railings. c1824-1836 with later additions and alterations including mid-C20 extension to rear and right. Pinkish-brown brick with scored and painted stucco facades, pebble-dashed to left return, Welsh slate roof and cast-iron railings. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with basement and attic to gable, 3 first-floor windows, with single-storey recessed range to right. First floor: continuous band surmounted by Doric pilasters to ends and between windows. 10-pane French windows with margin-lights. Frieze, cornice, low parapet. Ground floor, central entrance: 4 steps to 3-fielded-panel door with fanlight with radial glazing within distyle Doric porch with engaged pilasters and entablature with blocking course. Bow windows to either side rise from basement and each has two 6/6 sashes per bow, blocking course. Right extension has 6/6 sash with elliptical arch. End stacks. Continuous balcony to first floor has circle-motif balustrade. INTERIOR: central dogleg staircase has stick balusters, modillion cornice to hall, slate fireplace to right room. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings and to sides of porch have triple-motif finials. HISTORICAL NOTE: Portland Place was laid out 1823-4. Nos 2-12 (even) Portland Place (qqv) form an architectural group. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 39).

Listing NGR: SP3152965955