Purley House and Attached Railings
PURLEY HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 50 AND 50B, GROVE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381299
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Purley House and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address:
- PURLEY HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 50 AND 50B, GROVE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381299
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Purley House and Attached Railings
- Statutory Address 1:
- PURLEY HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 50 AND 50B, GROVE 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:
- PURLEY HOUSE AND ATTACHED RAILINGS, 50 AND 50B, GROVE 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 31383 65855
Details
ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA
SP3165NW GROVE STREET
1208-1/6/164 (West side)
25/03/70 Nos.50 AND 50B
Purley House and attached railings
GV II
House now flats. 1828-1834, with later additions and
alterations. Pinkish-brown brick with painted stucco to front
and right facades, Welsh slate roof and cast-iron balcony and
railings.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys with basement, 2 first-floor windows, with
deeply-recessed, single-storey entrance range to right. First
floor has tall 6/9 sashes. Second floor has 3/6 sashes, sills.
Ground floor has 3/6 sashes, sills. All windows have plain
reveals.
Entrance: 3 roll-edged steps to part-glazed, 5-panel door with
overlight with glazing bars and tent hood.
Basement has central part-glazed door between casement window
and 8/2 sash. To first floor a continuous balcony with
double-heart-and-anthemion motif balustrade.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
SUBSIDIARY FEATURES: area railings and gate have anthemion
finials.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Grove Street was laid out in 1828, the west
side and lower part of the east side were built by 1834.
Forms an architectural group with No.48 Grove Street and No.6
Regent Street (qqv).
(Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development:
Chichester: 1988-: 39).
Listing NGR: SP3138365855
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 481659
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cave, L F, Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development, (1988), 39
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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