Numbers 29 And 31 And 33 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3166SE BEAUCHAMP AVENUE 1208-1/2/30 (North side) 25/03/70 Nos.29, 31 AND 33 and attached railings (Formerly Listed as: BEAUCHAMP AVENUE (North side) Nos.27-33 (Odd))

GV II

Terrace of 3 houses, now flats and attached railings. c1831 with later additions and alterations. Probably by William Thomas. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco front and side facades, Welsh slate roof and cast-iron balconies and railings. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basements and attics to gables, 7 first-floor windows, arranged 2:3:2, the centre 3 project and are taller, and with recessed, single-storey entrance bays to sides. Continuous first-floor band. Tall 1/1 sashes throughout. Second floor: 1/1 sashes to projection, otherwise 6/6 sashes. All windows in plain reveals and with tooled architraves, eared to projection. Cornice with modillions to projection. Ground floor: central and side entrances. 4 steps to central entrance a plank door with side-lights and divided cambered overlight within distyle Roman Doric porch with frieze and cornice. Side entrances behind Roman Doric screen which abuts Nos 27 (qv) to left and 35 (qv) to right, a part-glazed, panelled door and 4-panel door. Breakforward has 1/1 sash and tripartite window with 1/1 sashes, both with tooled, eared architraves, otherwise 6/6 sashes. Basement has 4-panel and part-glazed doors, 3/6 sashes and casement window. Copings. Roof stacks. First floor: individual balconies to projection with heart-and-anthemion motif; to right a continuous balcony with similar balustrade. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: decorative lancet railings to steps and areas have anthemions to standards. HISTORICAL NOTE: Beauchamp Avenue was laid out as Beauchamp Terrace c1828-31, most of the north side built by 1838. Forms a group with No.27 and Nos 35-41 (odd) Beauchamp Avenue (qqv). (Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1970-; Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and

Development: Chichester: 1988-: 57).

Listing NGR: SP3182666449