20th Century

Marlborough Hotel

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. Marlborough Hotel started life in the 1850s as a private Regency house, Elmley Lodge, in Brandon Parade, designed by builder, Benjamin Bradshaw.  … Read more

Manor House, Lillington

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 Manor House lies at the centre of the old Lillington village, a short distance from the parish church of St … Read more

Manor House, Leamington

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. Built as the Wise family home in the Queen Anne style in about 1740 with a handsome Chippendale staircase and two … Read more

Manor Farm, Lillington

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. Manor Farm was the largest of the three Lillington village farms, extending over 230 acres to the Cubbington boundary. At … Read more

Loft Theatre

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. What is today known as The Loft Theatre Company began as the Warwick and Leamington Dramatic Club which was founded in … Read more

Kinmond’s Factory

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. There is a substantial building with a certain ‘presence’ on the east side of Kenilworth Street which is now the home … Read more

Hexagonal Houses

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 concept of constructing hexagonal houses is not a new one, with examples surviving from the 19th century. Indeed in 1941 … Read more

Gas Works

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. It has been suggested that the earliest evidence of a Gas Works in Leamington was 1819, although other sources imply that … Read more

French Houses

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. Originally the land on which houses in Aintree Drive were built belonged to Mr S McGregor, who ran a successful stud … Read more

Dale Street Methodist Church

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. As there was no provision for Methodists in Leamington in the early 1800s, worshippers travelled to Warwick, or further afield … Read more

Gulliman’s Golf Courses

(Wiki Commons) A. Tachbrook Road This was a 9 hole golf course owned by Dennis G Gulliman, with the idea that people could choose to play one round or pay extra to go round twice. At first it was open just three days a week, but it got so popular that it opened six days … Read more