Numbers 32-43 And Attached Railings

Terrace of twelve houses, now converted to houses and flats, located on the east side of Clarendon Square in Royal Leamington Spa. Built circa 1828–1832 with later additions and alterations.

The terrace is constructed of pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facades and a Welsh slate roof. Cast-iron railings and balconies feature throughout.

The building rises three storeys with basements and attics. The first-floor windows are arranged in groups of 3:3:3:3:2:3:3:2:2:3:2. Those at the left end (numbers 1 to 6) and centre of the range (numbers 18 to 24) project forward and are taller than the others.

The stucco detailing includes rustication to the ground floor and basement, with horizontal rustication to the right. A continuous first-floor sill band supports giant Tuscan pilasters that rise from the first through the second floors. These pilasters are positioned at the left end and to the right of windows 1, 2 and 3, as well as at the ends and between windows of the central projection.

The first floor contains seventeen 8-pane French windows, some with blind boxes, together with three tall 1/1 sashes, three 6-pane French windows, a 1/1 sash, French windows, two 10-pane French windows, three 4-pane French windows, and two 6/9 sashes. The windows to the central projection have tooled architraves, frieze and cornice. All other openings have plain reveals.

The second floor is mainly lit by 6/6 sashes, with windows 4, 5 and 6 featuring blind boxes. The 8th and 11th openings are blind. All windows have sills and plain reveals, with tooled architraves applied to the 18th and 23rd openings. An interrupted frieze and continuous stepped cornice run across this level.

The attics contain 3/6, 6/6 and 3/3 sashes, with the 8th and 11th openings blind.

The ground floor features side entrances approached by steps with anthemion mud scrapers. These entrances are mostly 3- and 4-panel doors, some part-glazed, with overlights and fanlights, all set within Gibbs surrounds. Most entrances are protected by distyle Roman Doric porches with engaged pilasters, friezes with triglyphs and metopes, and cornices. Exceptions occur at the central projection (numbers 38 and 39), which have slightly recessed entrances with elliptical overlights and elliptically-arched channelled surrounds with Doric pilasters to the left and pilaster strips to the right. Numbers 41 and 43 have cambered-arched surrounds with flat channelled arches.

Ground-floor windows include 6/6 sashes (some with sidelights), 1/1 and 2/2 sashes, a 6/8 sash, and a tripartite window with 6/6 panes between 2/2 sashes. All are set in plain reveals and eared architraves, with some featuring blind boxes (numbers 34, 36, 42). A continuous frieze and blocking course run along this level.

The basement contains part-glazed doors and 8/8 sashes.

The first-floor balcony runs continuously across numbers 32, 33 and 34, featuring Carron Company cast-iron work with a double-heart-and-anthemion motif. Similar balconies appear at numbers 36, 40, 41, 42 and 43. Numbers 35 and 37 have anthemion-and-circle motif balconies. Numbers 38 and 39 have individual balconies with a double-rod-and-anthemion motif. Number 43 additionally has an individual balcony to the ground floor.

Lancet area railings and gates define the areas to the sides of steps throughout the terrace.

The interior was not inspected at the time of listing.

Clarendon Square was conceived as a complete square of stucco terraces, laid out circa 1828 to designs by P. F. Robinson, architect, of Bond Street, Mayfair. The houses on the east side were completed circa 1839, each costing £1,500. The gardens in the Square were planted with trees in May 1830.