Information for record number MWA12974:
Thornbank garden, Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa

Summary Villa with pleasure grounds; paddock running down to river.
What Is It?  
Type: Garden
Period: Unknown
Where Is It?  
Parish: Leamington Spa
District: Warwick, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SP 30 65
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Level of Protection Local
Description

 
Source Number  

1 Thornbank garden, Warwick New Road, Leamington Spa. Villa with pleasure grounds, avenue, terrace and paddock running down to river. Lovie comments that it is on the site of a College.
 
Sources

Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: Warwickshire Register Review Data Tables (Warwick)
Author/originator: Lovie, Jonathan
Date: 1997
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Glossary

 
Word or Phrase
Description  
monument PADDOCK * An enclosed field for horses. back
monument SITE * Unclassifiable site with minimal information. Specify site type wherever possible. back
monument ROAD * A way between different places, used by horses, travellers on foot and vehicles. back
monument VILLA * A term for a type of house, with varying definitions according to period. Roman villas were high-status and usually associated with a rural estate, whereas Georgian and later period villas were often semi-detached, town houses. back
monument COLLEGE * An establishment, often forming part of a university, for higher or tertiary education. back
monument GARDEN * An enclosed piece of ground devoted to the cultivation of flowers, fruit or vegetables and/or recreational purposes. Use more specific type where known. back
monument SPA * A medicinal or mineral spring often with an associated building. back
monument TERRACE * A row of houses attached to and adjoining one another and planned and built as one unit. back

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