The White Lion Hotel

This is a public house, dated 1904 based on a rainwater head. It is constructed of brick with stone dressings, rendering, and half-timbering, deliberately combined to create a picturesque appearance, and has a plain tile roof. The building displays a hearty blend of late medieval and Baroque architectural features in an exuberant Edwardian style. It is three storeys and has attics, with a two-storey wing extending to Deanery Way. The building has a corner entrance and a four-bay elevation with a two-window return. A semicircular entrance porch is surmounted by a tower. Full-height pilasters mark the angles of the two elevations. The half-timbered tower above the entrance features bands of mullioned and transomed windows over two storeys, with a rendered upper storey and an oculus set within a cartouche, topped by a projecting domed cap. The main road elevation consists of three gables; the gable on the right is highly decorated, overshadowing the pair to the left. Segmental-arched windows with heavy voussoirs are on the ground floor, divided by a corbel supporting an upper oriel window. Other windows on the first and second floors are mullioned with small-pane sashes of original design. Jettied upper storeys are timbered with close studding and quatrefoil panelling in the apex of the gable. Stone dressings are used around the windows in brick sections, with timber mullions above. The return to Deanery Way comprises two gables separated by a chimney breast. Each gable has a segmental-arched window with stone voussoirs in the brick lower storey and mullioned sash windows in the rendered upper storeys. Half-timbered jettied attic gables feature mullioned windows in the upper storeys. A stone pilaster supports the jettying of the left-hand gable. A lower wing beyond has a high central entrance with a segmental pediment and flanking sash windows. Similar very tall sash windows with brick dressings are visible in the rendered upper storey. Decorative railings and rainwater furniture are present.