The Old White Lion

The Old White Lion is a three-storey building with a three-window front, featuring smooth render and raised surrounds around the windows. It has a slate roof and rectangular red brick chimneys. The windows are offset to the right, with a larger space between the first and second bays. The second-floor windows are Yorkshire (horizontal) sashes, while the first-floor windows are twelve-pane horned sashes. The ground floor has two twelve-pane horned sash windows. Between the windows is an early 19th-century doorcase with pilasters and a cornice, leading to a panelled front door.

At the rear, the upper storey has eaves raised with small scantling timber framing and brick nogging. There is a lower parallel range and a crosswing. Much of the structure behind the early 19th-century front dates back to the 16th century or earlier.

Inside, there is a post and panel partition to the left of the entrance, with main ceiling beams aligned axially and featuring ogee stops. Some beams are supported by wooden corbels with chip-carved enrichments, similar to those found in Gwyndy and The Hall. The rear wing displays exposed square-panel timber-framing. At the back of the main block, there is a late 16th or early 17th-century staircase with a continuous newel and pendant, along with a heavy handrail that has moulding on the faces, which is similar but less elaborate than that found in the Cain Valley Hotel. The building also contains two old collar and tie beam roof trusses, one with simple vertical posts and the other a former gable with diagonal bracing.