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.
Summary Description
Reference Number
8165
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
09/05/1988
Date of Amendment
Name of Property
The Lion Hotel
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Powys
Community
Newtown and Llanllwchaiarn
Town
Locality
Newtown
Easting
310878
Northing
291583
Street Side
SW
Location
On the street line halfway between the junctions with the High Street and Market Street.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Mid C18, 2 storey and cellar, 5 window public house.
Exterior
Painted Flemish bond brick on plinth. Moderately pitched slate roof. Dentil eaves cornice. Later brick stack set forward of ridge to right, modern stack to left. Early, 12 pane, flush framed sash windows, set under eaves. Timber sills. Similar to ground floor, but horned with gauged brick flat heads. 1 to right of door, 2 to left. Stone sills.
Plain C19 doorcase, dripboard. Large rectangular fanlight. Modern door. Later chamfered corner to building on right. Carriageway to extreme left. Heavy frame, soldier arch. C19 plaster lion on brackets over.
Cobbled former stableyard to rear with weatherboarded outbuildings.
1930's touring club,"winged wheel", plaque affixed to front elevation.
Interior
Reason for designation
Cadw : Full Report for Listed Buildings [ Records 1 of 1 ]
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