Numbers 7 And 9 And Attached Railings

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NW DALE STREET 1208-1/6/139 (East side) 25/03/70 Nos.25 AND 27

GV II

Includes: Nos.7 AND 9 and attached railings REGENT STREET. Pair of houses with further pair of houses to return and attached railings. c1832, with later additions and alterations. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco facades, concealed roof and cast-iron balcony and railings. STYLE: Late Classical. EXTERIOR: 4 storeys, 5 first-floor openings arranged 2:3, the fourth opening is blind to first, second and third floor. Stucco detailing includes moulded first-floor sill band surmounted by Ionic pilasters to ends through first and second floors, crowning frieze and cornice. Windows: ground, first and second floors have 6/6 sashes with margin-lights, tooled surrounds. Entrances: to centre and to left: 1 and 2 steps to panelled doors with overlights with glazing-bars. Tuscan pilastered surrounds, frieze, cornice. Third floor: 3/6 sashes with margin lights. Central raised upshot. Copings. Ball finial to left. Off-centre stack. Right return (to Regent Street): 4 storeys with basement, 5 first floor windows. First floor: moulded sill band continues from front facade, and supports Ionic pilasters to ends through first and second floors, frieze and cornice continue from front facade. Windows (as front), ground, first and second floors have 6/6 sashes in plain reveals and with margin-lights and tooled surrounds, ground and first-floor windows have sills. Third floor has 3/6 sashes with margin-lights in plain reveals and with sills and tooled architraves. Entrances to right of each house: 3 roll-edged steps to (No.7) 2-fielded-panel door with overlight with margin-lights in plain reveals and with architrave of Tuscan pilasters, double frieze and cornice; (No.9) 2-panel door, the lower panel roll-moulded, with overlight with margin-lights in plain reveals. Basement has part-glazed door and casement window (to No.7), 3/6 sash with margin-lights in tooled architrave (to No.9). Balcony to first floor, second window of Regent Street facade has Greek key motif. INTERIOR: not inspected. SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings with gate and to sides of steps of No.9 have fleur-de-lys finials.

HISTORICAL NOTE: Dale Street was laid out c1832 and the east side built by 1834. Occupies an important corner site. (Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 39; Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1970-).

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NW REGENT STREET 1208-1/6/139 (North side) 25/03/70 Nos.7 AND 9 and attached railings

GV II

See under: Nos.25 AND 27 DALE STREET.

Listing NGR: SP3148865899