Comyn House, 11 Newbold Terrace. Notable Residents: In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Comyn House was home to well-to-do residents of Leamington. For instance, it was famously the residence of Margaret E. Arbuthnot (wife of the Reverend George Arbuthnot), who was actively involved locally and noted in historical records regarding the Women’s Suffrage movement (affiliated with the National Union of Women’s Suffrage Societies – NUWSS). Other notable local figures and families, such as the Poynton family, also recorded their residence at Comyn House.
Oakfield was a grand, late-Victorian/Edwardian mansion and private estate that stood on Binswood Avenue in Royal Leamington Spa. In 1942, it was acquired to serve as a Barnardo’s girls’ home (formally opened as the Oakfield residential home at what became addressed as No. 49 Binswood Avenue). I was Demolished in 1986.