91 And 93, Regent Street

A hotel, later adapted as a bank, was constructed between approximately 1808 and 1813, with subsequent alterations. The building is built of pinkish-brown brick with a painted stucco facade and a Welsh slate roof.

The exterior is three storeys high with three windows on the first floor. Full-height pilasters run along the ends of the building. The first-floor windows are tall sashes with margin-lights, featuring lunettes with carved acanthus and anthemion decoration, set within an architrave comprising fluted pilasters with acanthus capitals and a round arch with acanthus and beading. The second floor has similar sashes with margin-lights in tooled architraves. Console modillions support the cornice. The ground floor has a central entrance, with a double 10-panel door and overlight within a pilastered doorcase featuring consoles and a frieze supporting a pediment. The building has a continuous frieze and cornice, and plate-glass shop windows. Stepped stacks are located at either end.

The interior was not inspected during the listing process.

The building, formerly known as The Golden Lion Inn, is among the earliest structures built in the New Town. Regent Street, originally called Cross Street, was laid out between approximately 1808 and 1814. The initial terrace of houses was completed in 1814. Numbers 71 and 73 Parade, along with numbers 87 to 93 (odd) on Regent Street, form a group. The building is part of a wider group valuation.