The Lion Hotel
Introduction
The photograph on this page of The Lion Hotel by Alan Murray-Rust as part of the Geograph project.
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The Lion Hotel
Image: © Alan Murray-Rust Taken: 4 Oct 2015
This 18th century 4 bay building has retained its traditional image better than most others of the same period in Bridge Street. Uniquely it retains the 19th century cast iron cresting to the fascia board. In most cases the remainder were removed during WW2 for scrap. Listed Grade II.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.301768
Longitude
-1.124847