Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661289

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Recommended Books

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  Old House Care and Repair
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects, Supplement 2014
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  London 4: North: North v. 4 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)