Number 7 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NW DALE STREET 1208-1/6/131 (East side) 25/03/70 No.7 and attached railings

GV II

House now flats and attached railings. c1832, with later additions and alterations. Reddish-brown brick with painted stucco front facade, concealed roof and cast-iron verandah and railings. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with attic and basement, 3 first-floor windows. Ground floor has horizontal rustication. Entrance to left, 5 steps to part-glazed door with pilaster strips and sidelights with blind, segmental overlight. Tripartite window: 2/2 between 1/1 sashes, plain reveals, sills. First floor: French windows with 8 panes and margin-lights, double-chamfered surround. Second floor has three 6/6 sashes with plain reveals and sills. Basement has part-glazed board door, 5/6 sash and 6/6 sash, plain reveals, sills. Frieze, cornice, blocking course. First floor has continuous verandah with double-stick-with-anthemion-motif struts and similar balustrade. INTERIOR reputed to have ornate cast-iron fireplace. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: lancet area railings and to sides of steps. HISTORICAL NOTE: Dale Street was laid out c1832, the east side built by 1834. (Roth D: Early C19 Decorative Ironwork: a study based on Leamington Spa: 1976-: 73, FIG.100; 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: SP3149065979