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The White Lion was situated at 17 Broad Street. This grade-II listed pub closed in 1986 and is now in residential use.
Listed building details:
Formerly known as: White Lion Hotel, premises occupied by EJ Jones and by Barrett Jenkins Broad Street. Coaching Inn. C15 with additions and alterations, closed 1986 and converted to 6 houses. Rendered and whitewashed timber frame. Machine tile roofs. Irregular plan in 3 distinct builds. Exterior: 2 storeys. C15 north part of 2 storeys in 3-window range. Ground floor has to right a partly-blocked jettied coach entrance with a bressumer decorated with continuous arcaded frieze. The jetty underbuilt to left side with a C20 plate-glass shop front, but remains open to right under a 4-centred arch bearing legend: posting establishment. Two 6/6 unhorned sashes to first floor. Left of the jetty is a C20 ground-floor top-hung casement with glazing bars and a half-glazed door to extreme left within a timber doorcase with hood. Double 6/6 unhorned sash above. Gabled roof. Stack on rear roof slope. Rear consists of an elevated outshut under catslide roof.  Remainder of elevation broadly symmetrical: 4-window range;central 6-panelled double-leaf doors in projecting bay. Plain Doric doorcase with a carved lion passant on hood. Fenestration of double 6/6 unhorned sashes and one 66:1010:66 unhorned sash. One tripartite 22:66:22 sash to ground floor either side of door. Subsidiary late C20 door within doorcase to right of elevation. Parapet partly conceals gabled roof. 2 ridge stacks. C19 3-storey rear block. Interior: north part with studwork of heavy scantling. One 4-centred screens passage doorway remains with stylised foliage carving in spandrels. Plain bridging beams and joists. Roof replaced c1700: two tiers of staggered butt purlins and collars.
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