Agriculture House and Attached Railings Numbers 1-13 and 13A and Attached Railings to Numbers 6 and 12 and 13 and 13A

Details

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE EUSTON PLACE
1208-1/7/147 (East side)
19/11/53 Nos.1-13 AND 13A (Consecutive)
and attached railings to Nos 6, 12,
13 and 13A
(Formerly Listed as:
EUSTON PLACE
Nos.1-13
The Parade)

GV II

Includes: Nos.1 AND 1A Agriculture House and attached railings
NEWBOLD TERRACE.
Includes: No.2 HAMILTON TERRACE.
Terrace of 15 houses, now apartments, shops and offices.
Numbered right to left, with No.2, Hamilton Terrace to left
and left return, and Agriculture House, No.1 and 1A Newbold
Terrace to right and right return, described left to right.
Originally built 1832-1835, destroyed by fire in 1839 and
rebuilt, with later additions and alterations, including
mid-late C20 shop fronts to Nos 3, 4, 5, 9, 10 and 11.
Pinkish-brown brick in Flemish bond with painted stucco front
and side facades, Welsh slate roof with tall brick and stucco
ridge stacks, mainly with cornices; cast-iron railings,
balconies and porch (to right return).
PLAN: double-depth with side hallways except the right return
has central entrance.
EXTERIOR: main range: 3 storeys with attics, 4 storeys to
central projection, basements to Nos 1, 13, and Agriculture
House, 1 Newbold Street, and 2, Hamilton Terrace; 30
first-floor windows, of which the outer 4 and centre 6
project, those to centre also taller and surmounted by
central, 2-bay pedimented and inscribed upshot.
Stucco detailing includes horizontal rustication to ground
floor remains to 3 left dwellings (Nos 12, 13 and 13a); to
centre (Nos 6, 7 and 8) and to right (Agriculture House), some
remains around shop fronts.
First floor: all windows are tall; four 6/6 sashes blind
boxes; two 6-pane French windows with divided overlights; two
6/9 sashes; two 1/1 sashes; two 2/2 sashes; two 9/9 sashes;
two 2/9 sashes; two 6/9 sashes; six 1/1 sashes with blind
boxes; six 6/9 sashes, 2 to right (Agriculture House) have
blind boxes. All windows in plain reveals and tooled
architraves, frieze (missing to windows 13 and 14) and
cornice.

Second floor: ten 3/6 sashes; two 3/2 sashes; six 3/6 sashes;
two 1/1 sashes; 2/2 sash; three 1/1 sashes, 2 with blind boxes
to right; six 3/6 sashes. All in plain reveals and with sills,
mainly in tooled architraves except to windows 13 and 14.
Double frieze, cornice.
Parapet incorporates 6 attic windows to Nos. 11, 12 and 13:
four 3/3 sashes, 2 plate glass, plain reveals. Frieze and
cornice to left. Concealed attic dormers.
Central projection has third floor: six 3/3 sashes in plain
reveals, tooled surrounds (except to two to left), cornice,
copings. Central pedimented upshot carries in raised letters:
'EUSTON PLACE', copings.
Ground floor: original entrance to No.13, 7 roll-edged steps
to panelled door with etched glass between pilaster strips and
margin lights, cornice, elliptically-arched overlight with
glazing bars; to No.12, 8 roll-edged steps to multi-pane
glazed door with overlight, plain reveals, modillion cornice
with distyle Roman Doric porch, frieze; to Nos 7 & 8 a
tristyle, fluted Egyptian porch with engaged pilasters,
frieze, glazed doors; to No.6, 8 roll-edged steps to
part-glazed, 6-panel door with overlight, tooled surround,
consoles.
Windows, from left: 6/6 sash; tripartite 1/1 sashes with blind
box and cast-iron window box; otherwise shop windows except to
right (Agriculture House) are two 1/1 sashes, blind boxes; all
have sills and horizontal rustication to reveals.
Basements: 4/8 sash to No.13; two 8/8 sashes with chamfered
elliptical arches, sills to right (Agriculture House).
Continuous first-floor balconies to each dwelling with
double-rod-and-anthemion motifs, replacements to No.4.
Balconette to No.13. Tall ridge stacks, mainly with cornices,
those to left have plain stucco.

Left return (No.2 Hamilton Terrace): main range of 3 storeys,
attic to gable and 2 first-floor windows, with extension to
rear of 3 storeys, 3 first-floor windows, the central,
entrance, bay is recessed. Recessed entrance: 4 roll-edged
steps to part-glazed door with plain reveals within porch with
2 pairs of Tuscan pilasters, frieze with wreaths, cornice,
blocking course. Horizontal rustication to ground floor
interrupted by 2 plate-glass windows to left; to right are two
3/3 sashes.
First floor: two 2/2 sashes, narrow 6/6 sash, tall 6/9 sash,
4-pane French window with divided overlight, all with plain
reveals, 2 to left with sills, 2 to right with moulded
surrounds. Frieze, cornice.
Second floor: two 2/2 sashes; three 3/6 sash all with plain
reveals and sills, all except to centre have moulded

surrounds. Frieze, cornice, blocking course to left. Many 8/8,
6/6 and 3/6 sashes; gauged brick flat and elliptical arches;
some staircase sashes, 6/6 with radial glazing to heads.

Right return (Agriculture House, 1 and 1A Newbold Terrace): 3
storeys with attic and basement, 3 bays and further 3-lower
storeys, 2 bays to right. Horizontal rustication to ground
floor. Central entrance to main range: 7 roll-edged steps to
part-glazed, 6-panel door with rectangular overlight and
tooled surround. 2-storey portico of paired, fluted Ionic
columns on plinths and engaged Doric pilasters, frieze,
cornice to ground floor surmounted by Egyptian-style
lattice-work columns with lattice-work frieze, pediment.
Ground floor has plate-glass sashes with horns and blind boxes
throughout.
First floor: band, 12-pane sashes with blind boxes and within
tooled surrounds, frieze, cornice.
Second floor has 3/6 sashes within tooled surrounds. Stepped
frieze, cornice, blocking course with pedimented upshot with
fielded panel to second bay.
Basement: entrance in second bay a 6-panel door; 8/8 sash and
10/10 sash with elliptical arch. Similar fenestration to right
range. First floor has balcony with anthemion motif
balustrade. Anthemion boot-scraper to upper step.

INTERIOR: many dogleg staircases remain; No.2 Hamilton
Terrace: staircase from first to second floors with stick
balusters and wreathed handrail; some cornices, 6- and 4-panel
doors, shutters.
No.10 has staircase with stick balusters from ground floor
mezzanine to attic, shutters, remains of frieze and cornices.
No.8 has staircase with stick balusters from first floor to
attic, frieze and cornice to some rooms. No.7 has similar
staircase from ground floor mezzanine with wreathed handrail
and stick balusters, ornate friezes, shutters.
Similar staircases with stick balusters to Nos. 6, 5 and 4,
the latter with fireplaces and shutters to some rooms; No.6
has cast-iron fireplace.
No.3 has staircase with decorative cast-iron balusters to
ground floor, wreathed handrail, cornices, ceiling roses,
shutters, 4-panel doors. Nos 1 and 2 (now one building): No.1
has section of re-used decorative cast-iron balustrade to
ground floor, then staircase with stick balusters from first
to second floors; No.2 has decorative cast-iron balusters from
ground to first floor then sticks, with wreathed handrail;
4-panel doors, cornices, shutters.

SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings and to left side of No.13A

have anthemion finials and stick balusters to basement steps;
railings to front of No.13 have similar anthemion finials and
heart-and-anthemion balustrade to sides of porch; similar
porch balustrade to No.12 and railings with anthemion finials
to sides of steps; similar railings to No.6 and area railings
to right (Agriculture House) continuing to right return, and
with stick balusters to basement steps.

Includes No.2 Hamilton Terrace to left return, the basement
and floors above ground floor level front onto Euston Place
(the ground floor of this dwelling is known as No.13A). Nos 3A
& 13A were listed on 25.3.70.
(Manning JC (Facsimile by Warwickshire County Library 1988):
Glimpses of our Local Past .. of Royal Leamington Spa: Royal
leamington Spa: 1895-: 141; Roth D: A Pocket Guide to Royal
Leamington Spa: Warwick: 1978-: 18; Roth D: Early C19
Decorative Ironwork: a study based on Leamington Spa: 1976-:
58,FIG79; 77,FIG.104; Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its
History and Development: Chichester: 1988-: 39).


ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE HAMILTON TERRACE
1208-1/7/147 (South side)
19/11/53 No.2

GV II

See under: Nos.1-13 AND 13A and attached railings to Nos 6,
12, 13 and 13A EUSTON PLACE.


ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3165NE NEWBOLD TERRACE
1208-1/7/147 (South side)
19/11/53 Nos.1 AND 1A
Agriculture House and attached
railings

GV II

See under: Nos.1-13 AND 13A and attached railings to Nos 6,
12, 13 and 13A EUSTON PLACE.


Listing NGR: SP3186665671

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Sources

Books and journals
Roth, D, A Pocket Guide to Royal Leamington Spa, (1978), 18
Roth, D, Early 19th Century Decorative Ironwork: A study based on Leamington Spa, (1976), 58 77
Manning, J C, Glimpses of our Local Past... Royal Leamington Spa, (1895), 141
Cave, L F, Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development, (1988), 39

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