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SO 4959
808-1/1/47

LEOMINSTER
BROAD STREET (West side)
No 15 (Lion House)

(Formerly listed as No.15, Lion Works)

24.07.1954

GV
II

Shops and offices. Late C18/early C19. Stucco; steep-pitched hipped composite tile roof; brick ridge stack.

EXTERIOR: Three storeys and cellar; three-window range: tripartite 2/2: 6/6: 2/2 sashes with some old glass, in broad beaded cases; 1/1: 3/3: 1/1 sashes with sillband, over; band with six garlands, and moulded cornice to parapet with central figure of lion. C20 shop fronts recessed behind four moulded segmental arches with enriched keyblocks, on square columns; four-moulded-panel door and plain fanlight, under moulded semicircular arch, to right; moulded cornice with figurehead stop-consoles, overall; to right, panelled double doors with cambered heads, in chamfered frame under shallow arch, to passage to rear.

Rear: twin gables, one slate-hung, one with brick modillion eaves; brick stack. Two-storey cross-wing with hipped Welsh slate roof, and tripartite window with 2/2: 6/6: 2/2 sashes in oak case, over late C19 triple 6/6 sashes.

INTERIOR not inspected. Associated with Alexander & Duncan's Lion Foundry, which produced agricultural machinery.

Listing NGR: SO4959659183

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26546964

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Recommended Books

• 
  Georgian Style and Design for Contemporary Living
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990: Updated version
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Leeds, Bradford and the North (Pevsner Architectural Guides / Buildings of England)
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  Drawing up a Local Listed Building Consent Order: Historic England Advice Note 6
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)