The Lion's Den is a Grade II listed building in the Sandwell local planning authority area, England. House.

The Lion's Den

WRENN ID
roaming-pillar-lichen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sandwell
Constituency
Tipton and Wednesbury MP: Antonia Bance (Lab)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
The Lion's Den, 171, Park Lane West
OS grid reference
SO 953 920
Coordinates
52.52635, -2.0697
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Lion's Den is a house built in the early 19th century. It is constructed of brick in Flemish bond and has a tiled roof. The building has three storeys and two bays. On the ground floor, there are timber canted bay windows. The first-floor windows are sash windows with segmental brick heads, while the second-floor windows are also sash windows but with glazing bars. The entrance door, located between the bays, features panelled reveals and is framed by a doorcase with engaged Tuscan columns and a mutule cornice. The house has gable chimneys.

Local climate

The Lion's Den receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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