Number 5 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NW DALE STREET 1208-1/6/130 (East side) 25/03/70 No.5 and attached railings

GV II

House now flats and attached railings. c1832, with later additions and alterations including mid-C20 attic dormers. Reddish-brown brick with painted stucco front facade and concealed roof, cast-iron balcony, verandah and railings. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement and attic, 2 first-floor windows. Horizontal rustication to ground floor. Entrance: 3 roll-edged steps to part-glazed door between pilaster strips and sidelights, cornice, elliptical overlight. Distyle porch with engaged Tuscan pilasters and Egyptian columns, double frieze, cornice. Tripartite window: 2/2 between 1/1 sashes, blind box. First floor has two 2/2 sashes; second floor has two 2/2 sashes all in plain reveals and with sills. Basement has part-glazed, board door. 2/2 sash, plain reveals, sill. Frieze, cornice, blocking course. End stacks. First floor has continuous balcony above porch and verandah with ornamental scroll motif. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: lancet area railings and to sides of porch with gate to basement. HISTORICAL NOTE: Dale Street was laid out c1832, the east side built by 1834. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 39; Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1970-).

Listing NGR: SP3149065986