Lion Ballroom

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.