Sunshine House With Attached Coach House And Stable Range

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3065NE WARWICK NEW ROAD 1208-1/14/388 (South side) 07/12/87 No.15 Sunshine House with attached coach house and stable range

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Formerly known as: Milverton Lawn WARWICK NEW ROAD. Villa with coach house and stable range. 1860-1870 with later additions and alterations. Designed by GT Robinson for H Lloyd. Limestone ashlar with Welsh slate hipped roof with stone stacks grouped centrally at corners of low staircase tower and linked by pierced balustrade, cast-iron balustrade. STYLE: elaborate Late Classical with Egyptian decorative motifs. PLAN: double-depth. Main range and closely-linked ballroom range. 2 storeys and attic, 3 first-floor windows to main range; ballroom range to left; coach house and stables to right. EXTERIOR: main range has rusticated plinth, moulded first-floor band, elaborately-decorated cornice supported on consoles. First floor has 2/2 sashes. Ground floor has 1/1 sashes; all windows with decorative heads. Central entrance an 8-panel door recessed within stone surround of fluted pilasters on shaped pedestals, entablature with moulded cornice. Attic: three 4-pane sash dormers with carved and decorated stone surrounds. Ballroom range: 2 and 3 storeys, set at mezzanine level, its row of 4 windows interspaced by square piers. Below, a rusticated stone wall conceals the Kitchen Court and links to the stable yard in similar but simpler style, with Coach House and Stables: 4-window range with large, square bay to right, the cornice of which is supported by consoles formed of male and female carved busts. Rear facade is also a 4-window range with, to left, a door and narrow sashes set in stone surround with fluted pilasters and entablature. Windows similar to Ballroom range, with cast-iron balustrade. INTERIOR: staircase has white marble treads and coloured marble balustrade with turned balusters. Several contemporary coloured and white marble and wood fireplaces. Ballroom is reputed to retain barrel-vaulted ceiling above present one. Original drawings at Warwickshire County Records Office.

Listing NGR: SP3088465749