Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Date of Designation
01/02/1988
Date of Amendment
01/02/1988
Name of Property
41 Lion Street
History
At the E end of a row of gable ended frontages midway along the street. Said to have once been a Recabite Hall and formerly the Red Lion Inn.
Early C17 timber framed origins - probably jettied; Victorian alterations.
Exterior
Asymmetrical 2-storey and attic 1-window rubble front with lower 2-storey 1-window rendered section to left slightly advanced and with chimney stack, heightened in brick. Slate roof and plane bargeboards. Horned sash windows tripartite to 1st floor with brick voussoirs. Victorian shop front with fascia end brackets and panelled pilasters. Splayed bay window to left with horned sash glazing.
Interior
Interior of the grocers shop retains stop chamfered beams. Above is a separate flat reached from No 40; it retains chamfered beams and post and panel partitions; the main posts broaden below the tie beam.
Reason for designation
Group value.
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