NHER 44241 (Building record) - Golden Lion Hotel, The Green
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Summary
Protected Status/Designation
Location
| Map sheet | TF64SE |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | HUNSTANTON, WEST NORFOLK, NORFOLK |
Map
Full Description
September 1984. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"Hotel, formerly the Royal Hotel. About 1850, preceding the development of New Hunstanton by the Le Stranges of Hunstanton Hall. Probably by William Butterfield, the friend of Henry Le Strange and architect for New Hunstanton from 1862. Squared carstone laid in random courses,stone dressings tiled roof."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
A. Cattermole (NLA), 5 April 2006. Amended by J. Cullis (HES), 12 November 2019.
Built 1847 as the New Inn but locally known as Le Strange’s Folly. Details of original work re-exposed 1990.
Information from (S2).
Formerly had an ornate garden; later used as site of the town hall and a 1960s building, only a small area remains. Information from (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 13 September 2006.
Associated Sources (5)
- --- SNF7576 Monograph: Pevsner, N and Wilson, B. 1999. Norfolk 2: North-West and South. The Buildings of England. 2nd Edition. p 443.
- --- SNF8804 Secondary File: Secondary File.
- <S1> SNF48662 Designation: Historic England. National Heritage List for England. List Entry 1342241.
- <S2> SNF66981 Newspaper Article: Lynn News. 1990. Old oak door found. 23 January.
- <S3> SNF48392 Unpublished Report: Taigel, A. 1997. Norfolk Gardens Trust: Town Gardens Survey - Volume One. Norfolk Gardens Trust.
Site and Feature Types and Periods (2)
Object Types (0)
Related NHER Records (0)
Record last edited
Mar 29 2022 12:48PM