Leamington Spa Mission is a Grade II listed building in the Warwick local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Former church. 5 related planning applications.
Leamington Spa Mission
- WRENN ID
- wild-ember-jet
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Warwick
- Constituency
- Warwick and Leamington MP: Matt Western (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 March 1970
- Type
- Former church
- Address
- Leamington Spa Mission, George Street, Royal Leamington Spa, CV31 1EZ
- OS grid reference
- SP 321 653
- Coordinates
- 52.28526, -1.52984
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This building began as a Roman Catholic Church of St Peter in 1828, later becoming Boys' Club premises and a Mission Hall, and was disused at the time of its listing. It was designed by John Russell and Mitchell. The church is constructed of brownish-pink brick in English bond, with painted stucco facades, and has a Welsh slate roof. It is built in the Greek Revival style.
The plan includes a nave, chancel, transepts, and an additional range to the north. The west front features four three-quarter engaged giant Ionic columns which support a frieze and pediment. A step leads to the central entrance, which has a board door with plain reveals. Above the door is a hood on corbel brackets, beneath which is a fielded plinth and a round-arched niche containing a statue of St. Peter, with a moulded surround.
On the south return is a tall window with 56 fixed lights and margin lights, set within plain reveals and an eared architrave with sills. The south crossing (west side) has a board door with a hood on corbel brackets. The north return mirrors the south with a similar tall window. The north crossing (west side) includes a plank door within a surround of Doric pilasters, a frieze, a cornice, and a pediment. A further north range has a round-arched niche on a continuous band, containing an inserted casement window; this range abuts No. 15, Ashton House.
The interior features cast-iron window frames with painted glass margin lights. The apse, with a raised platform at the east end, has a stained-glass rooflight in the ceiling. The interior has been partially subdivided.
Local climate
Leamington Spa Mission receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 5 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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