Number 19 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3164NE CHARLOTTE STREET 1208-1/17/81 (North side) 25/03/70 No.19 and attached railings

GV II

House, now flats and attached railings. 1818-1827 with later additions and alterations including mid-C20 attic dormer. Reddish-brown brick with painted stucco facade, concealed roof and cast-iron railings. EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement and attic, 5 first-floor windows. Horizontal rustication to ground floor. To first and second floors a central, slightly recessed panel of 1 window width. First floor has 6-pane French windows with divided overlights, mostly with margin-lights. Second floor has 6/6 sashes with sills. Frieze, modillion cornice. Ground floor has central entrance, 4 steps to 3-panel door, the lower panel roll-moulded, overlight with glazing bars, in panelled reveals and within distyle Doric porch with deep frieze and cornice. Otherwise 6/6 sashes. Basement has two 8/12 sashes otherwise blocked openings. All windows in plain reveals. End stacks. First floor has continuous balcony with double-heart-and-anthemion motif. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: railings with fleur-de-lys finials to sides of porch and abutting house to right and left. HISTORICAL NOTE: Charlotte Street was laid out by 1818 and built along by 1834. Nos 7-19 (odd) Charlotte Street (qqv) constitute an architectural group. (Manning JC (Facsimile by Warwickshire County Library 1988): Glimpses of our local past .. Royal Leamington Spa: Royal Leamington Spa: 1895-; Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 26; Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1970-).

Listing NGR: SP3199064828