1-4, Church Walk

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165SE CHURCH WALK 1208-1/8/90 (South side) 25/03/70 Nos.1-4 (Consecutive) (Formerly Listed as: CHURCH WALK (South side) Nos.1, 3 AND 4)

GV II

Terrace of three houses with hall to left, now shops, with flats over to right. Numbered right to left. c1813 with later additions and alterations including mid-C20 ground-floor shop fronts. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facade and Welsh slate roof. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows to left and 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows to right. From first floor, a pilaster strip to each end, and between windows in right range. First floor: to left, 2 tall 6/9 sashes in plain reveals with continuous sill band. Otherwise, to right, first and second floors have 3/6 sashes in plain reveals throughout, those to second floor with sills. Ground floor has projecting glazed shop fronts with glazed doors; off-centre, to right, a 2-panel door with overlight. Frieze and cornice; low parapet, shaped to left and with small pediment. End stacks with cornices, very tall to right. Left return: ground floor has two 6-light windows; first floor has 6 similar windows, all with sills and cambered arches. INTERIOR to left: formerly one large, 2-storey hall, now with floor inserted, with cast-iron pillars and 3 exposed king post roof timbers. HISTORICAL NOTE: No.1 housed The Leamington Courier in 1860. Church Walk was laid out and built c1813. No.2 Church Walk has now been included for the first time. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 28).

Listing NGR: SP3197465394