Golden Lion Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Huntingdonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1972. Hotel. 1 related planning application.
Golden Lion Hotel
- WRENN ID
- veiled-merlon-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Huntingdonshire
- Constituency
- Huntingdon MP: Ben Obese-Jecty (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1972
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Golden Lion Hotel, Market Hill, St. Ives, PE27 5AL
- OS grid reference
- TL 314 711
- Coordinates
- 52.32316, -0.0732
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Golden Lion Hotel is a Grade II listed building located on Market Hill, dating from the earlier to mid-19th century. This three-storey hotel features two-storey wings and has a double-fronted design with five windows. The roof is hipped and slated, with bracketed projecting eaves. The exterior is made of painted brick with block dressings and plain bands at each floor level.
On the second floor, there are round-arched casement windows, while the first floor has segmental-arched sash windows that include margin lights and cast iron balconies. The ground floor features a central archway that leads into the Inn Yard, which is now roofed over but still showcases elaborate cast iron balconies on the galleries. A figure of a golden lion is displayed on a bracketed stand at the second floor level.
The Golden Lion Hotel is part of a group that includes Nos. 3 to 5, the Free Church, and the Town Hall.
Local climate
Golden Lion Hotel sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2016
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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