Description

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3265SW CHURCH TERRACE
1208-1/12/89 (South side)
25/03/70 No.8
The Shakespeare Inn

GV II

Includes: No.2 The Shakespeare Inn GEORGE STREET.
Formerly 3 dwellings, now public house. c1818-1834 with later
additions and alterations including mid-C20 extension to rear.
Reddish-brown brick in Flemish bond with painted stucco to
front and side facades, Welsh slate roof and cast-iron
dressings.
PLAN: L-shaped, the building occupies a corner site with
chamfered, recessed angle.
EXTERIOR: main block of 3 storeys, 5 first-floor windows, with
block to left of 2 storeys, 2 first-floor windows and block to
right of 2 storeys, 1 first-floor window, 8 first-floor
openings, arranged (from left): 2-1-1 (to angle) -3-1.
Plinth.
Entrance to angle, 2 steps, the lower roll-edged, to double,
6-panel door with fanlight with glazing bars and moulded,
round-arched cornice.
Further entrance to left (below second first-floor window): 2
steps to part-panelled, part-glazed door, overlight with
glazing bars, plain reveals and pilastered surround, frieze
and cornice. Another entrance to right (beneath 6th
first-floor window) a part-glazed door with roll-moulded lower
panel, overlight with decorative glazing and reeded doorcase.
Further entrance to far right, 3 steps, the lower 2 roll-edged
to 6-panel door, 8-pane overlight.
Ground floor windows: from left, 12/12 sash with sill and
plain reveals; C20 multi-pane bow window; 12/12 sash, 6/6 sash
and small 6/6 sash, all with plain reveals and sills. First
floor, from left: 2 blind openings with plain reveals, tooled
surrounds and sills, 12-pane French window with margin lights;
6/6 sash (to angle), blind opening, 6/6 sash, blind opening,
3/6 sash, all with sills and plain reveals.
Second floor: 8-pane casement with margin lights, 3/6 sash (to
angle), 2 blind openings, 3/6 sash, all with plain reveals and
sills. Cornice, blocking course, copings, with low parapet to
left. Wide side stack to 3-storey block has brickwork arranged
in semi-circle. Further end stacks.
Cast-iron lamp bracket above door to angle, balcony to French
window has circle-and-elongated-figure-of-eight motif
balustrade on decorative brackets.

INTERIOR: dog-leg staircase to far right range has stick
balusters and turned end post. Some 6-panel doors. Cellars.
HISTORICAL NOTE: Church Terrace was a village lane in 1818,
widened and given its present name by 1834.
(Dept of the Environment List of Buildings: Royal Leamington
Spa: 1970-).

ROYAL LEAMINGTON SPA

SP3265SW GEORGE STREET
1208-1/12/89 (West side)
25/03/70 No.2
The Shakespeare Inn

GV II

See under: No.8 The Shakespeare Inn CHURCH TERRACE.

Listing NGR: SP3211265399

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26661344

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Recommended Books

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  Department for Communities Listed Historic Buildings of Northern Ireland: Information Guide for the 2nd Survey of Historic Buildings
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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  A Buying and Owning a Listed Building: A Brief Guide
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  Staffordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)