Lion Ballroom is a Grade II* listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1954. A Victorian Public hall. 2 related planning applications.
Lion Ballroom
- WRENN ID
- carved-truss-tide
- Grade
- II*
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1954
- Type
- Public hall
- Period
- Victorian
- Address
- Lion Ballroom, Lion Yard, Broad Street, Leominster, HR6 8BT
- OS grid reference
- SO 495 591
- Coordinates
- 52.22841, -2.73964
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Lion Ballroom is a public hall, formerly an assembly room and ballroom, built around 1830. It is constructed of red brick and has a slate roof. The building stands two storeys high and features a five-window range of tall two-light wooden mullion and transom casements, all set under brick segmental arches. The ground floor originally had an open arcade, which has been enclosed with 20th-century glazing and doors, featuring round arches with impost bands. A wide storey band runs above.
Inside, the grand first-floor hall showcases a Neo-Classical style with richly detailed plasterwork. Corinthian pilasters line the sides, and columns at the ends support a full entablature around the room. The entrance wall features a pair of panelled double doors, while the far end wall has a platform recess behind the columns, adorned with blind arches. On one side, the window architraves are embellished with elaborate consoles that support cornices, mirrored by blank architraves on the opposite wall, which have a pair of simple fireplaces below two of them. Above the entablature, tall coving frames a central panel decorated with fine acanthus leaf 'roses' and smaller fleurons.
Local climate
Lion Ballroom receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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