Agriculture House And Attached Railings Numbers 1-13 And 13A And Attached Railings To Numbers 6 And 12 And 13 And 13A

This is a terrace of fifteen houses, now converted to apartments, shops and offices, forming part of Euston Place in Royal Leamington Spa. The terrace includes Number 2 Hamilton Terrace at the left return and Agriculture House (Numbers 1 and 1A Newbold Terrace) at the right return. The properties are numbered right to left, but described here from left to right.

The terrace was originally built between 1832 and 1835 but was destroyed by fire in 1839 and subsequently rebuilt. Later alterations include mid to late 20th-century shop fronts to Numbers 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11. The buildings are constructed of pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond with painted stucco front and side facades. The roof is Welsh slate with tall brick and stucco ridge stacks, most with cornices. Cast-iron railings, balconies and a porch feature on the right return.

The main range is three storeys with attics, rising to four storeys at the central projection. Basements are present at Numbers 1, 13, Agriculture House (1 Newbold Street), and Number 2 Hamilton Terrace. The terrace presents thirty first-floor windows, with the outer four windows at each end and the central six projecting forward. The central projection is also taller and surmounted by a two-bay pedimented upshot bearing the inscription "EUSTON PLACE" in raised letters.

Stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication to the ground floor, which survives around the three left dwellings (Numbers 12, 13 and 13A), the centre section (Numbers 6, 7 and 8), and the right end (Agriculture House), with some remnants around shop fronts.

The first floor displays varied fenestration: four 6/6 sashes with blind boxes; two 6-pane French windows with divided overlights; two 6/9 sashes; two 1/1 sashes; two 2/2 sashes; two 9/9 sashes; two 2/9 sashes; two 6/9 sashes; six 1/1 sashes with blind boxes; and six 6/9 sashes, of which the two to the right (Agriculture House) have blind boxes. All windows sit in plain reveals with tooled architraves, frieze (missing to windows 13 and 14) and cornice.

The second floor contains ten 3/6 sashes; two 3/2 sashes; six 3/6 sashes; two 1/1 sashes; one 2/2 sash; three 1/1 sashes (two with blind boxes to the right); and six 3/6 sashes. All are set in plain reveals with sills, mostly in tooled architraves except windows 13 and 14. A double frieze and cornice run across this level.

The parapet incorporates six attic windows to Numbers 11, 12 and 13: four 3/3 sashes and two plate glass windows in plain reveals, with frieze and cornice to the left. Concealed attic dormers are also present. The central projection has a third floor with six 3/3 sashes in plain reveals and tooled surrounds (except the two to the left), cornice and copings. The central pedimented upshot carries the inscription "EUSTON PLACE" in raised letters with copings.

At ground floor level, Number 13 retains its original entrance with seven roll-edged steps leading to a panelled door with etched glass between pilaster strips and margin lights, cornice, and an elliptically-arched overlight with glazing bars. Number 12 has eight roll-edged steps to a multi-pane glazed door with overlight in plain reveals, a modillion cornice and a distyle Roman Doric porch with frieze. Numbers 7 and 8 share a tristyle, fluted Egyptian porch with engaged pilasters and frieze, with glazed doors. Number 6 has eight roll-edged steps to a part-glazed, 6-panel door with overlight, tooled surround and consoles.

Ground floor windows include, from left: one 6/6 sash; tripartite 1/1 sashes with blind box and cast-iron window box; shop windows to the centre; and to the right (Agriculture House) two 1/1 sashes with blind boxes. All have sills and horizontal rustication to the reveals. Basement windows include one 4/8 sash to Number 13 and two 8/8 sashes with chamfered elliptical arches and sills to the right (Agriculture House).

Continuous first-floor balconies with double-rod-and-anthemion motifs extend across each dwelling, with replacements to Number 4. A balconette is present at Number 13. Tall ridge stacks, mainly with cornices, rise from the roof, with those to the left finished in plain stucco.

The left return (Number 2 Hamilton Terrace) comprises a main range of three storeys with an attic to the gable and two first-floor windows, plus a rear extension of three storeys with three first-floor windows, the central entrance bay being recessed. The recessed entrance has four roll-edged steps to a part-glazed door with plain reveals within a porch featuring two pairs of Tuscan pilasters, frieze with wreaths, cornice and blocking course. Horizontal rustication to the ground floor is interrupted by two plate-glass windows to the left; to the right are two 3/3 sashes.

The first floor of the left return has two 2/2 sashes, one narrow 6/6 sash, one tall 6/9 sash, and one 4-pane French window with divided overlight, all in plain reveals—the two to the left with sills and the two to the right with moulded surrounds. A frieze and cornice complete this level. The second floor has two 2/2 sashes and three 3/6 sashes, all in plain reveals with sills; all except the centre window have moulded surrounds. A frieze, cornice and blocking course to the left finish this floor. Many 8/8, 6/6 and 3/6 sashes are present, with gauged brick flat and elliptical arches. Some staircase sashes appear, including 6/6 sashes with radial glazing to the heads.

The right return (Agriculture House, 1 and 1A Newbold Terrace) is three storeys with attic and basement, three bays wide, with a further lower three-storey, two-bay section to the right. Horizontal rustication appears at ground floor level. The central entrance to the main range has seven roll-edged steps to a part-glazed, 6-panel door with rectangular overlight and tooled surround. A two-storey portico features paired, fluted Ionic columns on plinths with engaged Doric pilasters, frieze and cornice to the ground floor, surmounted by Egyptian-style lattice-work columns with lattice-work frieze and pediment. The ground floor has plate-glass sashes with horns and blind boxes throughout.

The first floor of the right return has a band with 12-pane sashes with blind boxes set within tooled surrounds, frieze and cornice. The second floor has 3/6 sashes within tooled surrounds, a stepped frieze, cornice and blocking course with a pedimented upshot containing a fielded panel to the second bay. The basement has an entrance in the second bay with a 6-panel door, one 8/8 sash and one 10/10 sash with elliptical arch. Similar fenestration appears in the right range. The first floor has a balcony with anthemion motif balustrade. An anthemion boot-scraper is present on the upper step.

Internally, many dogleg staircases survive. Number 2 Hamilton Terrace has a staircase from first to second floors with stick balusters and wreathed handrail, along with some cornices, 6-panel and 4-panel doors, and shutters. Number 10 has a staircase with stick balusters from ground floor mezzanine to attic, shutters, and remains of frieze and cornices. Number 8 has a staircase with stick balusters from first floor to attic, with frieze and cornice to some rooms. Number 7 has a similar staircase from ground floor mezzanine with wreathed handrail and stick balusters, ornate friezes and shutters.

Similar staircases with stick balusters are found in Numbers 6, 5 and 4, the latter with fireplaces and shutters to some rooms; Number 6 has a cast-iron fireplace. Number 3 has a staircase with decorative cast-iron balusters to ground floor, wreathed handrail, cornices, ceiling roses, shutters and 4-panel doors. Numbers 1 and 2 (now one building): Number 1 has a section of re-used decorative cast-iron balustrade to ground floor, then a staircase with stick balusters from first to second floors; Number 2 has decorative cast-iron balusters from ground to first floor then sticks, with wreathed handrail; 4-panel doors, cornices and shutters are also present.

Area railings and those to the left side of Number 13A have anthemion finials and stick balusters to basement steps. Railings to the front of Number 13 have similar anthemion finials and heart-and-anthemion balustrade to the sides of the porch. Similar porch balustrade appears at Number 12 with railings with anthemion finials to the sides of steps. Similar railings are present at Number 6, and area railings to the right (Agriculture House) continue to the right return, with stick balusters to basement steps.

Number 2 Hamilton Terrace to the left return is included in this listing; its basement and floors above ground floor level front onto Euston Place, while the ground floor of this dwelling is known as Number 13A.