The Lion Public House

The Lion Public House is a complex building of uncertain original function, now a public house, dating to the 14th century and significantly altered in the 17th century. It is timber-framed and externally plastered, with painted imitation framing. The roof is covered in handmade red plain tiles. The building has a complicated layout, comprising a 14th-century gabled crosswing at the left end; a 17th-century two-storey rebuild on the site of a former open hall; a late 14th-century range to the right, possibly originally a market hall; and a 20th-century extension to the right. Rear extensions are also present.

The ground floor has two splayed bays with 20th-century sash windows and two 20th-century casement windows. The first floor features two early 18th-century sashes of 12 lights, two early 19th-century sashes of 12 lights, and one 20th-century sash. One flush four-panel door is set under a simple pediment head on scrolled brackets; another is a flush six-panel door with the top two panels glazed, and is covered by a flat canopy on scrolled brackets; and a third is a 20th-century door within a recessed porch. Interior features include jowled posts with stop-chamfered and some moulded beams. The left range has a crownpost roof, while the right range has a massive side-purlin roof, along with arch-braced tiebeams.