The White Lion Public House and Section of Former Sea Wall to North End of West Front is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 August 1981. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The White Lion Public House and Section of Former Sea Wall to North End of West Front
- WRENN ID
- upper-thatch-quill
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- North Somerset MP: Sadik Al-Hassan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 August 1981
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The White Lion Public House and Section of Former Sea Wall to North End of West Front, High Street, Portishead, BS20 6AF
- OS grid reference
- ST 467 765
- Coordinates
- 51.48495, -2.76819
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White Lion Public House, dating from the early 19th century, features a rendered exterior and a slipped slate roof behind a parapet. The building stands three storeys high with three windows. Shallow three-storey bays flank a central door, which has been converted into a window and is adorned with a moulded architrave. The north wing, which was originally the Tide Mill, is from the 18th century and constructed of rubble with brick dressings, topped with a pantiled roof and a crow-stepped north gable. The west front has blocked segmental-headed windows, while the east front rises to four storeys and features two-light casements, some of which are blocked. A two-storey brick arch runs through the building, marking the location of the former water wheel. At the north end of the west front, there is a section of the former sea wall with an inset millstone. A plaque on the millstone indicates that it was used as a mill until it ceased operation between 1810 and 1815 and was erected on the old sea wall.
Local climate
The White Lion Public House and Section of Former Sea Wall to North End of West Front receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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