Numbers 14-30 And Attached Railings To Numbers 26 And 28

This is a terrace of nine houses numbered 14 to 30, located on a sloping site in Royal Leamington Spa. They were built between 1828 and 1834, with later additions and alterations, especially to the rear of the properties. The houses are constructed of pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facades, and have Welsh slate roofs, except for No.14 which has mock slates, and numbers 16 and 22 which have cement tiles. Cast-iron railings are attached to numbers 26 and 28.

The houses are two storeys high with basements, except for numbers 18 and 20, and feature 18 first-floor windows, two to each house. A continuous ramped first floor band runs along the terrace, along with a similar frieze, cornice, and coped parapet. Stucco detailing includes a first floor band surmounted by end Doric pilasters, with a central recess to six dwellings (numbers 20 to 30). To the left, the capitals are missing from the leftmost pilaster. To the right, there are Ionic columns to three dwellings (numbers 14, 16, and 18), with two columns to each house. The windows are generally 6/6 sash windows, with numbers 14 having 2/2 sashes and number 22 having 1/1 sashes. The reveals and sills are plain throughout. Ground-floor entrances are accessed by steps and contain mainly 3 and 4-panel doors, some part-glazed with overlights featuring glazing bars. Numbers 14, 16, and 18 have fielded-Doric-pilastered porches with wreaths to the frieze, cornice, and pediment. Numbers 24, 26, 28, and 30 have pilastered doorcases with a frieze and hood. The ground-floor windows include a 1/1 sash, a 6/6 sash, a canted bay (at number 22, with a 2/2 sash between 1/1 sashes), three 6/6 sashes, and a five-sided bay with replacement casements. Basement windows (from the left) consist of three 4/8 sashes in elliptically-arched surrounds, with sills. Other basement openings have been partly blocked. Some cornices are missing, notably at number 30 and at number 22.

The interior of number 18 features a dog-leg staircase with stick balusters and a wreathed handrail. The area railings have bars with open diamond finials.

Grove Street was laid out in 1828, with the west side and lower part of the east side completed by 1834. The terrace forms an architectural group with numbers 32, 34, and 36 Grove Street, numbers 38-46 (even) Grove Street, and number 5 Regent Street.