Private car park, Upper Grove Street, and rear of flats in Warwick Terrace, Leamington
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Private car park, Upper Grove Street, and rear of flats in Warwick Terrace, Leamington
Image: © Robin Stott Taken: 17 Feb 2013
Late 19th century maps show a large block, Somerset Mews, where this car park is. The 1923 OS map shows a Film Printing Works. A local woman remembers her mother saying that before she married in 1935 she was employed at a developing and printing works here. The signs at the back of the car park say 'Market Location', presumed to be a commercial property agent. On the left is a glimpse of the back of a building that houses KwikFit with offices above. A report of 1944 mentions an office block on the site. In the late 19th century it was the site of a residential property, Westrock House. Its garden and a neighbouring one, shown in 1887, are the site of the flats that front Warwick Terrace. In form they approximate to the early 19th-century terrace at the north end of the street. See also http://geograph.org.uk/p/3944224
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Image Location
Latitude
52.292323
Longitude
-1.541773