8, St Mary'S Road

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3265SE ST MARY'S ROAD 1208-1/11/379 (West side) 25/03/70 No.8

GV II

Villa, now flats. c1838-1850 with later additions and alterations. Brick with painted stucco front and garden facades, Welsh slate roof and cast-iron balcony. STYLE: Neo-classical, gable-end to street. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys with attic to gable and basement, 3 first-floor windows. First floor: sill band, central window a 6/6 sash with moulded architrave and entablature, between 2 blind openings with moulded architraves. Attic to gable has two 6/6 sashes in plain reveals, sills and moulded architraves. Ground floor: 7 roll-edged steps to central entrance a 3-panel door with decorative lower panel, between pilaster strips and side-lights, within distyle Roman Doric porch with plain engaged pilasters, frieze with triglyphs and metopes. Ground floor has two blind openings with moulded architraves and entablature. Low parapet incorporates stacks. Garden facade: 2 storeys, 3 first-floor windows: first-floor sill band, 6/6 sashes in plain reveals. Frieze, cornice. Ground floor has tall 6/9 sashes in plain reveals. Basement has three 8/8 sashes. Ground floor has continuous balcony with heart-and-anthemion motif balustrade. INTERIOR: not inspected. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 30).

Listing NGR: SP3268665426