Lion Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 31 January 1953. House.

Lion Hotel

WRENN ID
late-outpost-hemlock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Powys
Constituency
Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
Country
Wales
Date first listed
31 January 1953
Type
House
Address
Lion Hotel, Llansantffraid-Ym-Mechain Village, Llansantffraid
OS grid reference
SJ 219 202
Coordinates
52.77461, -3.15818
Source
Cadw listing

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Description

The Lion Hotel is a two-storey symmetrical house built in the 19th century. It features an east/west range with two full-height octagonal bays at the front and a central porch with the main entrance. Uniquely, there is no window above the door, and the bays have diagonal faces that are slightly recessed. The front is constructed of mellow red brick, while the left gable has white-painted render that is exposed to the side street and slightly returns at the front. The roof is slate with a tile ridge, and there is a left end chimney. The bays are hipped, with slates butted at the hip lines. Each bay contains three windows above and below, featuring stone sills and rendered flat arches; the front has 12-pane sash windows, while the sides have 8-pane sash windows. The upper windows are the same height as the lower ones, and most of the sashes are hornless. The front door is cased and is flanked by two Tuscan columns under a deep entablature. A centrally located chimney is heavily overgrown with ivy.

To the right (east) of the house, there is an extension built in similar brick and slate, which includes an end chimney. This extension has two windows above and below, with a door slightly offset to the left. An eaves dentil course is said to exist but is concealed by ivy. The windows are of typical local Victorian style, featuring 16 panes with hornless sashes and blue brick sills, likely with brick flat arches that are also concealed by ivy. The door is a modern semi-glazed type with steps.

The rear of the house is constructed of stone and originally had sash windows. There is a large modern rear wing added to the structure.

Local climate

Lion Hotel receives an average of 890 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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