Description

FARNINGHAM HIGH STREET
1.
5280 (north-east side)
The Lion Hotel
(formerly listed as
Lion Inn)
TQ 5467 9/97 1.8.52
II
2.
C16, early C19 and late C19. Half H-shaped building, of which the wings are
of unequal length. The north-west or long wing is a timber-framed building with
plastered front. Its first floor oversails on a moulded bressumer. Tiled roof.
Two storeys. Five casement windows. The north-west face of the main block, which
makes an L with the above, is also timber-framed and plastered. Its first floor
originally oversailed but has been underbuilt in brick, now painted. Large and small
gable. Oriel window on first floor beneath the large gable, with cove below it
and small gable over it. Tiled roof. Two storeys. Two casement windows.
Round this is an early C19 L-wing comprising the south-east front and the projecting
south-west or shorter arm of the half-H. The south-east front has 3 storeys and
5 windows. Red brick. The 3 centre window bays project slightly and have an
iron balcony on the first floor. Painted modillion cornice above the first floor
of the whole. Cornice and parapet of Roman cement. Glazing bars intact on
the second floor only. Two Venetian windows on the ground floor and later C19 round-
headed iron porch between them. Large curved bay at the south end of the first floor
with a tent-shaped canopy over.
The south-west and north-west walls of this wing are of buff brick and only have
2 storeys. Each has a large similar bow window on the upper floor. The other
window spaces of the south-west front are blind, except in the centre of the
first floor, which has an iron balcony above a round-headed doorway. Late C19
addition in north-east corner. This was a coaching inn along Watling Street.
The interior has early C19 panelling up to dado level in the bar with painted shields.
Early C19 glazed and panelled bar. Early C19 staircase.

Listing NGR: TQ5459667072

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26564402

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Recommended Books

• 
  Berkshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
• 
  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair
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  Cambridgeshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Herefordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)