White Lion Public House

The White Lion Public House is a public house built in 1910 by H Thompson of Blackpool, featuring alterations. It is constructed from sandstone ashlar, with Accrington brick at the rear, and has a hipped slate roof topped with a lead-clad cupola. The building is designed in the Edwardian Baroque style and has a rectangular plan situated on a corner site with a splayed corner.

The exterior consists of two storeys and two three-window facades that meet at the splayed corner, which is topped by the cupola. The building has a chamfered plinth, channelled pilasters at the ends of each facade, a moulded cornice with cresting above the windows, and a parapet with a central panel.

On the ground floor, there is a large round-headed doorway in the center, featuring a hollow-moulded surround with a keystone, a plain fanlight, and a pilastered architrave that has a large cornice supported by prominent consoles and a shaped blocking course with rectangular terminals. To the left of the doorway is a large square two-light window with arched glazing bars, while to the right is a smaller window with circular glazing bars. Both windows have panelled aprons, moulded sills on fluted consoles, and plain surrounds with moulded cornices, the left window being segmental-arched.

The first floor features a round-headed two-light casement window in the center, which has a dentilled lintel, a keystone, and a scalloped feature on the cornice above. Flanking this are sashed windows with prominent sills on fluted brackets, plain surrounds with decorative enrichment at impost level, and carved scrolled cresting on the cornice above. The splayed corner contains a round-headed doorway with prominent imposts, a dentilled lintel, and run-out voussoirs with a keystone. Above, there is a semicircular mullioned-and-transomed oriel window with a conical base adorned with swags, ropework enrichment on the transom, and an ogival cupola with a finial.

The left return, facing Parker Lane, is designed in a similar but simpler style. The interior has not been inspected. The building forms a group with No. 18 (Yates Wine Lodge) located on the opposite corner.