Former Racquets Court Attached to North Side of Number 50 and Within Curtilage of Number 48
FORMER RACQUETS COURT ATTACHED TO NORTH SIDE OF NUMBER 50 AND WITHIN CURTILAGE OF NUMBER 48, BEDFORD STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381163
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Former Racquets Court Attached to North Side of Number 50 and Within Curtilage of Number 48
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER RACQUETS COURT ATTACHED TO NORTH SIDE OF NUMBER 50 AND WITHIN CURTILAGE OF NUMBER 48, BEDFORD STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381163
- Date first listed:
- 22-Dec-1989
- List Entry Name:
- Former Racquets Court Attached to North Side of Number 50 and Within Curtilage of Number 48
- Statutory Address 1:
- FORMER RACQUETS COURT ATTACHED TO NORTH SIDE OF NUMBER 50 AND WITHIN CURTILAGE OF NUMBER 48, BEDFORD STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- FORMER RACQUETS COURT ATTACHED TO NORTH SIDE OF NUMBER 50 AND WITHIN CURTILAGE OF NUMBER 48, BEDFORD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Warwickshire
- District:
- Warwick (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Royal Leamington Spa
- National Grid Reference:
- SP 31680 65844
Details
ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA SP3165NE BEDFORD STREET 1208-1/7/45 (West side) 22/12/89 Former Racquets Court attached to N side of No.50 & within curtilage of No.48 GV II Racquets court, now health club. Built 1858 as part of No.50 Leamington Real Tennis Club (qv). By Mr French. Reddish-brown brick in English bond with continuous rooflights to gabled roof. Rectangular plan. Single storey. East gable end has 6/6 sashes with segmental brick arches; side elevations are plain; rear gable has segmental-arched louvred window set in segmental-arched recess; north wall partly knocked down for access to printing works to rear of No.48 (not included). INTERIOR: suspended floor with swimming pool noted as being raised- above mid-C19 floor with original markings; 7-bay wrought-iron king-post roof with machine-sawn purlins. HISTORICAL NOTE: first called Frost Street, Bedford Street was laid out by 1810, its present name was adopted by 1834. Included as an early example of a covered racquets court, associated with a 'real tennis' club of national renown. (Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington Spa: 1989-; Leamington Spa Tennis Court Club Minutes Book: 1858-) .
Listing NGR: SP3168065844
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 481523
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Leamington Spa Tennis Court Club Minutes Book, (1858)
List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest in Royal Leamington Spa, (1989)
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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