Clapham Terrace Board School
April 16, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. In response to an increasing demand for school places in the locality, Clapham Terrace School was commissioned by the Leamington
Balraj Singh Dhesi M.B.E
March 26, 2025
It was a fine day in Royal Leamington Spa as Balraj Singh Dhesi and his wife, Palweet, rose from bed and made special preparations for the day. It was 24th March 1988 and this was the day that they would meet Queen Elizabeth II as representatives of the residents of the town. We explore how
Lillington Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady in Valley Road
March 25, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. The Roman Catholic parish of Lillington gained its status as an independent body from the mother church of Saint Peter’s in Leamington
Lillington Old School, Cubbington Road
March 25, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. In early Victorian England very few children from ordinary families attended school. For lots of parents, with many mouths to feed, it
Lloyds Bank, No 73 Parade
March 25, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. The Regency grandeur of the “Old Bank House”, a 4 storey, double-fronted building of about 1822, has long dominated Leamington banking and
Lillington Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, Church Lane, Lillington
March 10, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. Lillington Parish Church is Anglo-Saxon in origin, and though the present building dates mainly from the 1480s and up to
Lansdowne Circus
March 10, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. Lansdowne Circus has access from Upper Holly Walk, Willes Road and Thomas Street but still retains the atmosphere of a
Lansdowne Crescent
March 10, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. In a Spa of fashionable, Regency buildings, Lansdowne Crescent is a remarkable architectural feat in the east of town, in
Lillington Library
March 6, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. This is a branch library designed by Henry Fedeski, F.R.I.B.A., Dip.T.P.,A.M.T.P.I of the Fedeski and Rayner Architectural practice, in the
Church Street Cottages
February 26, 2025
This page is one of several pages which are based on articles in our book entitled Royal Leamington Spa, A History in 100 Buildings which was published in 2018 and is no longer in print. This pair of terraced cottages on the east side of Church Street (previously Church Lane), numbered 15 and 17, are
