112-120, PARADE

A terrace of five houses, now shops with storage above, was built between approximately 1810 and 1818, with later alterations including mid-19th century stuccoing and mid-20th century shop fronts. The building is constructed of pinkish-brown brick, with ashlar dressings to the left-hand side (number 112), while the other facades are painted stucco. The roofs are covered in Welsh slate.

The building is four storeys high, with ten first-floor windows, two per house. The first floor has tall 6/6 sash windows throughout. The second floor has a continuous ramped sill band, which is missing from the second house from the left (number 118), with 6/6 sash windows. The third floor has 3/3 sash windows. All third-floor windows have sills. Windows in the house second from the left (number 118) have tooled architraves, and those in the house to the left (number 112) have flat arches. Tall ridge stacks are present, with one missing from number 114. The rear elevation features a mix of 6/6 and 3/3 sash windows.

The interior of number 112 has a dog-leg staircase with stick balusters. Numbers 114 and 116 are reported to have similar staircases between the second and third floors, along with cornices to the first floor and fireplaces. Number 118 also features a dog-leg staircase from the first to the third floor, with stick balusters, along with two Aesthetic Movement fireplaces and cornices to the first floor.

The Parade, as the street was later named in 1860, was originally called Lillington Lane, then Union Row around 1809. It was known as the Parade by 1860. The lower section of the Parade was laid out and built between approximately 1810 and 1818, with the upper section, on the east side, constructed between 1824 and 1840. Originally built as houses, hotels and lodging-houses, most of the buildings had become shops by 1850. The original buildings were brick-fronted. The renowned Leamington physician, Dr Jephson, after whom Jephson Gardens are named, practised at number 118 from 1820 to 1827.

Number 116 was listed on September 10, 1992. Number 112 was previously listed on August 18, 1980, together with numbers 108 and 110 (which have since been delisted). Numbers 114, 118 and 120 are newly included in the listing.