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Bath Street, LEAMINGTON SPA, CV31 3AE

The area of Leamington south of the river is now a little down-at-heel compared to the north side, but was the original centre of the Regency resort, as the buildings along Bath Street indicate. The Parthenon was the site of the resort's Assembly Rooms, later a music hall, and is Grade II listed (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-481501-the-parthenon-royal-leamington-spa-warwi#.WANojjGQxPY ).

Viewed from Regent Place. Iceland is at 56 Bath Road in a Grade II Listed building, built c1821 as the Royal Assembly Rooms, later the Royal Music Hall, known as The Parthenon.

The area of Leamington south of the river is now a little down-at-heel compared to the north side, but was the original centre of the Regency resort, as the buildings along Bath Street indicate. The Parthenon was the site of the resort's Assembly Rooms, later a music hall, and is Grade II listed (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-481501-the-parthenon-royal-leamington-spa-warwi#.WANojjGQxPY ).

The Temperance Cafe occupies the ground floor and basement of this fine Regency building in the Southtown or Old Town of Leamington. According to the cafe owner, the building was the Westminster Temperance Hotel and Coffee Tavern in the later 19th and early 20th centuries; he is quoted at the Warwickshire World site https://www.warwickshireworld.com/news/new-lease-of-life-for-regency-building-in-leamingtons-old-town-252010 . The building and its neighbours are listed and are dated c1818-34 in the official listing, which can be seen at the Historic England site https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1381133?section=official-list-entry . A Temperance Hotel would have been alcohol-free, in keeping with the principle of total abstinence from alcoholic drinks promoted by the Temperance movement; see Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temperance_movement_in_the_United_Kingdom . The modern cafe serves alcohol, however.

Viewed from the corner of High Street at 5.40pm on a Saturday in October 2014.

The area of Leamington south of the river is now a little down-at-heel compared to the north side, but was the original centre of the Regency resort, as the buildings along Bath Street indicate. The Parthenon was the site of the resort's Assembly Rooms, later a music hall, and is Grade II listed (http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-481501-the-parthenon-royal-leamington-spa-warwi#.WANojjGQxPY ).

Bath Street complete with the overflowing River Leam during the April 1998 floods. Compare with Image on a drier day.

Hairdressers at 42 Bath Street on the corner of Abbott Street.

Looking towards the railway bridge on a wet June afternoon. Like many other Regency buildings in Leamington, some of those on the right are Grade II listed.