Numbers 12 And 13 And 14 And Attached Railings

Numbers 12, 13, and 14 are a terrace of three houses, now converted into flats, with attached railings, built around 1828-1832 in Royal Leamington Spa. The construction incorporates pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco to the front and sides, topped with a Welsh slate roof. Cast-iron railings, a verandah, and a lead verandah roof also feature.

The houses have three storeys and a basement, with a seven-bay facade arranged as 2:3:2, the central three bays projecting, and recessed single bays at the sides with a lower storey. The first floor features French windows with eight panes and divided overlights. The second floor has 8/8 sash windows set within tooled architraves with sills and horns. A modillion cornice continues as a moulded band to the returns, and a raised parapet is present on the central three bays, incorporating recessed panels.

The fourth bay contains the main entrance to Number 13, with a four-panel door and margin-lights, set within a three-step approach, and protected by a distyle Roman Doric porch embellished with a dentil frieze and cornices, featuring a wreath motif. Other entrances are panelled doors set behind screens of Roman Doric columns with a dentil frieze and wreaths which connect to screens of neighbouring properties.

Ground floor windows consist of three 6/6 sashes, a tripartite sash (6/6 between 2/2), two 6/6 sashes, all within tooled, eared architraves and moulded sills with horns. The basement windows are a mix of 6-pane casements, 3/9 sashes, 6/6 sashes, and 8/8 sashes, alongside a 3/6 sash and a 6-pane casement. A continuous verandah with a roundel-and-palm motif runs along the first floor.

The interior of Number 14 is reputed to have ornate cast-iron fireplaces. The attached area railings and those along the sides of the steps feature an anthemion motif, incorporating basement gates.

The terrace forms part of Clarendon Square, laid out around 1828 to the plans of P.F. Robinson. The surrounding gardens were planted in May 1830, and the houses were completed around 1832. Numbers 11 to 21 form a notable group of buildings.