The Three Lions Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 June 1952. Inn.
The Three Lions Inn
- WRENN ID
- final-banister-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- Mid Dorset and North Poole MP: Vikki Slade (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 June 1952
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Three Lions Inn, West Street, Wimborne Minster
- OS grid reference
- SU 007 000
- Coordinates
- 50.79971, -1.9912
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Three Lions Inn, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, features rendered walls and a tiled roof. It stands two storeys tall with attics. The ground floor has double entrance doors, one of which is now blocked, beneath a flat stone moulded canopy supported by shaped brackets. The canopy displays three sculptured lions, possibly made of Coade Stone. On the West Street elevation, the ground floor includes two double hung sash windows with glazing bars and raised plaster surrounds, while the first floor has two similar windows.
Number 23a, which is adjacent to the Inn, has a central door resembling that of the Inn, featuring a six-panel flush panel design. To the right of this door, a window has been altered to create a second doorway, which is now blocked. To the left, there is a double hung sash window similar to those in the Inn but without glazing bars. The first floor of 23a also has two similar windows without glazing bars, and the facade has raised plaster quoins at each end. The attic contains four dormers with hipped roofs and casements that include glazing bars.
On the west elevation, facing Victoria Road, there is a doorway with a pedimented hood on console brackets. The ground floor features three double hung sash windows with raised plastered surrounds and glazing bars, along with a second doorway that is blocked. The first floor mirrors the ground floor with three similar windows. At the rear, there is a two-storey extension with brick walls and a tiled roof.
Local climate
The Three Lions Inn receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 13 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 88% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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