Description

This List entry was subject to a Minor Amendment on 15/01/2018

SJ 89 SW, 698-1/8/658

MANCHESTER,
WITHINGTON,
WILMSLOW ROAD (west side),
No. 496,
Former White Lion Public House

(Formerly listed as: Withington Ale House; Previously known as: The White Lion WILMSLOW ROAD Didsbury)

20/06/88

II

Public house. 1881, by William Mellor. Brick, painted at
ground floor, with stone dressings, tiled roof. Irregular plan
on corner site with rounded corner tower. Eclectic Gothic
style. Two storeys and seven bays plus 4-storey tower;
segmental-headed doorway in third bay, with shafts and carved
keystone, and wrought-iron balcony over; stilted
segmental-headed windows at ground floor with granite shafts
and moulded heads; square-headed windows at first floor with
segmental tympana; prominent consoled cornice with moulded
terracotta flower motifs, half-dormer to third bay. Four-storey
tower with wrought-iron 1st-floor balcony and central
clock-turret with pyramidal roof. Moulded chimneys. Three-bay
corner and 3-bay left return wall in similar style. Interior
not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ8486692990

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546631

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover
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  Northamptonshire: Buildings of England Series (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  The Shredded Chef: 120 Recipes for Building Muscle, Getting Lean, and Staying Healthy
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  Gwent/Monmouthshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Wales)
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)