Rear Ranges At Nos 59 And 60 Royal Lion Hotel

The rear ranges at Nos 59 and 60 Royal Lion Hotel are part of a building complex that originally consisted of two separate establishments. The north-west section, which is the original Lion or Royal Lion Hotel, dates from the late 16th century and has been refronted and altered in the 18th century and after 1844. It features a slate roof and a stuccoed stone front, with two storeys. There is a three-light bay over a columned porch, with two window bays to the left and one to the right. The second floor has three-light sash windows with glazing bars, while single sashes are found elsewhere, all with quoined dressings. Inside, there are 16th-century moulded ceiling beams and a plank and muntin partition in the ground floor bar. The first floor at the rear contains a large assembly room with elegant proportions. Notably, King Edward VII stayed here for one night while he was still Prince of Wales, and in 1895, the artist James MacNeill Whistler was also a guest.

The south-eastern part of the Royal Lion was previously known as the New Inn and has not been listed before. It has an early 19th-century front that is two storeys high with three window bays. The cornice and parapet rise to form an angle above the centre bay, which projects slightly forward and features a three-centred arch leading to a carriageway on the ground floor. The first floor is roughcast, while the ground floor is stuccoed. The windows are sash types set in reveals, with glazing bars intact except for the right-hand ground floor window. The first-floor windows have stuccoed archivolts, and there are ledged doors in the carriageway. The long rear range, which is two storeys high and constructed of stone rubble, contains guest rooms on the first floor.

Nos 45 to 65, in sequence, form a group with this building.