Quinton Lodge

Quinton Lodge is a villa, dating to circa 1834, and subsequently altered. It is located on Binswood Avenue, Royal Leamington Spa, and includes the property at No. 8 Kenilworth Road. The building is constructed of pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco to all facades, has a Welsh slate roof, and features a cast-iron verandah with a lead roof.

The main range is two storeys high with a basement, and has an attic to the right. It features three first-floor windows. A recessed two-storey range, also with a basement, and a single first-floor window, is positioned to the left. A recessed, two-stepped-storey blind bay is on the right. Full-height Doric pilasters clasp the angles of the main range. A first-floor band runs horizontally, and pilaster strips are between the windows of the main range. Steps lead to an entrance in the left side range, where a glazed door with an overlight sits within a tooled surround. Six-pane sashes are present throughout, with taller windows to the ground floor, set within moulded architraves. Basement windows consist of two eight-pane sashes with multi-pane casements, and a glazed door. The main range has a frieze, cornice, blocking course, and copings, with an end stack.

The right return is two storeys high with an attic, and has three first-floor windows, with a projection to the left. Full-height Tuscan pilasters clasp the angles.

The central entrance comprises seven roll-edged steps leading to part-glazed, panelled double-doors with an overlight featuring glazing-bars, all within a porch with Tuscan pillars, a frieze, a blocking course, and copings. To the right is a one-over-one sash window with a blind box. A central six-pane sash window with a blind box is on the first floor, alongside other blind openings, all with moulded architraves and sills. A first-floor band is present, together with a frieze, cornice, blocking course, and copings. A central “pediment” contains a three-over-three sash window with a moulded architrave.

On the garden facade, the ground floor features a French window with a ten-pane centre between five-pane side-lights, and an eight-pane casement. The remaining ground floor windows are six-pane sashes with blind boxes, with one window being a three-over-six sash. The French window has a verandah with a double-scroll-and-circle motif to the uprights.

The interior includes shutters to the ground floor, an egg-and-dart moulded cornice to a rear room, four-panel doors with Regency surrounds, and a staircase with stick balusters and a wreathed handrail.

Binswood Avenue was laid out circa 1828-1833, and the houses to the west were completed by 1834. Nos. 50-60 (even) Binswood Avenue, together with No. 3 Arlington Avenue, form an architectural group.