Presbytery Of The Roman Catholic Church Of St Peter

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE DORMER PLACE 1208-1/7/145 (North side) 18/08/80 Presbytery of the Roman Catholic Church of St Peter

GV II

Presbytery. 1861-6 with later additions and alterations. Architect: Henry Clutton. Red brick with ashlar dressings and plain-tile roof. French Gothic style details. Lobby-entry plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 4 irregularly-spaced first-floor windows with single-storey range to left. Off-centre entrance: 4 steps to elliptically-arched opening and barrel-vaulted recess with part-glazed, panelled door within chamfered Caernarvon-arched surround. Pairs of 1/1 sashes with central colonnette with foliate capitals and with chamfered jambs. The ground floor windows between continuous cavetto-moulded sill band and broad band to heads. First floor: continuous cavetto-moulded sill band with 3 similar but smaller pairs of windows and single 1/1 sash above door; continuous eaves band to heads of windows. Ridge, rear and end stack, raised gables. To left range: 1/1 sash in chamfered surround, continuous sill band. Further range with peaked roof and external stack. INTERIOR has dog-leg staircase with turned balusters, shutters to windows. HISTORICAL NOTE: Dormer Place was laid out c1822 and originally known as The Promenade.

Listing NGR: SP3171065678