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ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA SP3166NE BINSWOOD AVENUE
1208-1/3/59 (South side)
25/03/70 No.50
Quinton Lodge GV II Includes: No.8 KENILWORTH ROAD.
Villa, now house and office. c1834, with later alterations.
Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco to all facades, Welsh
slate roof and cast-iron verandah with lead roof.
EXTERIOR: main range of 2 storeys with basement, attic to
right, 3 first-floor windows, with recessed 2-storey range
with basement and 1 first-floor window to left, and recessed,
2-stepped-storey blind bay to right. Full-height Doric
pilasters clasp angles of main range. First-floor band.
Pilaster strips between windows to main range. Steps to
entrance to left side range a glazed door with overlight in
tooled surround, otherwise 6/6 sashes throughout, taller to
ground floor in moulded architraves. Basement has two 8/8
sashes with multi-pane casements and glazed door.
Main range has frieze, cornice, blocking course and copings;
end stack.
Right return of 2 storeys with attic, 3 first-floor windows,
with projection to left. Full-height Tuscan pilasters clasp
angles.
Central entrance: 7 roll-edged steps to part-glazed panelled
double-doors, overlight with glazing-bars in porch with Tuscan
pillars, frieze, blocking course. To right a 1/1 sash with
blind box. First floor, central 6/6 sash with blind box,
otherwise blind openings, all with moulded architraves and
sills. First-floor band. Frieze, cornice, blocking course,
copings. Central 'pediment' contains 3/3 sash with moulded
architrave.
Garden facade, ground floor: French window of 10-pane centre
between 5-pane side-lights. 8-pane casement; otherwise six 6/6
sashes all with blind boxes and 3/6 sash. French window has
verandah with double-scroll-and-circle motif to uprights.
INTERIOR: shutters to ground floor; egg-and-dart moulded
cornice to rear room; 4-panel doors with Regency surrounds;
staircase has stick balusters and wreathed handrail.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Binswood Avenue was laid out c1828-1833,
those houses to the west were completed by 1834.
Nos 50-60 (even) Binswood Avenue (qqv) together with No.3
Arlington Avenue (qv) constitute an architectural group.
(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 SP3166NE KENILWORTH ROAD
1208-1/3/59 (East side)
25/03/70 No.8 GV II See under: No.50 Quinton Lodge BINSWOOD AVENUE. Listing NGR: SP3180266518
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Sources
Books and journals Cave, L F, Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development, (1988), 39 '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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