Lansdowne House and Aberdeen House
LANSDOWNE HOUSE AND ABERDEEN HOUSE, 79 AND 81, HOLLY WALK (UPPER)
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381313
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Lansdowne House and Aberdeen House
- Statutory Address:
- LANSDOWNE HOUSE AND ABERDEEN HOUSE, 79 AND 81, HOLLY WALK (UPPER)
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1381313
- Date first listed:
- 25-Mar-1970
- List Entry Name:
- Lansdowne House and Aberdeen House
- Statutory Address 1:
- LANSDOWNE HOUSE AND ABERDEEN HOUSE, 79 AND 81, HOLLY WALK (UPPER)
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:
- LANSDOWNE HOUSE AND ABERDEEN HOUSE, 79 AND 81, HOLLY WALK (UPPER)
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 32284 66069
Details
ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA
SP3266SW HOLLY WALK (UPPER)
1208-1/4/178 (North side)
25/03/70 Nos.79 AND 81
Lansdowne House (No.79) and Aberdeen
House (No.81)
GV II
Pair of semi-detached villas, now flats and house. Dated 1836
to centre. No.81 by William Thomas for himself. Pinkish-brown
brick with painted stucco facade and Welsh slate roof.
STYLE: Neo-Tudor.
EXTERIOR: main range of 3 storeys, 3 bays, with 2-storey,
single-bay range to left, basements. Quoins to angles. Main
range: central projection between canted bays which rise from
basements through ground and first floors, outer
single-storey, projecting porches.
First floor, from left range: sill band on lion corbels;
mullion and transom window in moulded reveals with quoined
surround; narrow 1/1 sash; canted bay has central 1/1 sash
with margin-lights between 1/1 sashes in plain reveals and
with quoined surround; mullion and transom window in tooled
reveals with quoined surround; bay has three 1/1 sashes in
plain reveals and with quoined surround. Bays surmounted by
pierced diaper pattern balustrade.
Second floor: 3 mullion and transom windows in tooled reveals
and with quoined surrounds.
Ground floor, main range: end entrances (alike): 2 roll-edged
steps to part-glazed, 3-panel door with 4-centred overlight
with margin-lights; within porch with moulded, 4-centred
opening; male caryatid pilasters support frieze with griffins
to left and masks to right, surmounted by finials.
Windows, from left: 1/1 sash with margin-lights in tooled
reveals with sill and quoins; bay has central 1/1 sash with
margin-lights between 1/1 sashes, in plain reveals and with
quoined surround; pair of 1/1 sashes in tooled reveals and
with quoined surround; bay has three 1/1 sashes.
Basement: bays have 1/1 sashes, otherwise casements.
Left range surmounted by cornice, frieze and cornice with
lozenge and pyramidal finials.
Main range: outer bays have curvilinear gable ends with tooled
surrounds surmounted by urns, gryphon and lion. Centre bay
surmounted by pierced parapet and date, with pyramidal
finials. Tall end and roof stacks with cornices.
INTERIOR: not inspected.
Forms a group with Nos 83, 85 and 87 Holly Walk (Upper) (qqv).
(Cave LF: Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development:
Chichester: 1988-: 57).
Listing NGR: SP3228466069
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 481673
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Cave, L F, Royal Leamington Spa Its History and Development, (1988), 57
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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