Rear Ranges at Nos 59 and 60; Royal Lion Hotel Lyme Regis, England

Listed Building Data

Rear Ranges at Nos 59 and 60; Royal Lion Hotel has been designated a Grade II listed building in England with the following information, which has been imported from the National Heritage List for England. Please note that not all available data may be shown here, minor errors and/or formatting may have occurred during transcription, and some information may have become outdated since listing.

List Entry ID
1279205
Listing Type
listed building
Grade
II
Date Listed
23 April 1952
Name
REAR RANGES AT NOS 59 AND 60 ROYAL LION HOTEL
Location
REAR RANGES AT NOS 59 AND 60, BROAD STREETROYAL LION HOTEL, 59 AND 60, BROAD STREET
Parish
Lyme Regis
District
West Dorset
County
Dorset
Grid Reference
SY 34163 92096
Easting
334162.7060
Northing
92095.7490

Listed Building Description

Text courtesy of Historic England. © Crown Copyright, reprinted under the Open Government License.

  1. BROAD STREET 1357 (North East Side) 23.4.52. Nos 59 & 60 (Royal Lion Hotel) SY 3492 1/58 - Rear ranges at Nos 59 & 60 II GV 2. The present Royal Lion Hotel comprises 2 formerly separate buildings. The north west part, comprising the original Lion or Royal Lion Hotel is of late C16 date, refronted and otherwise altered in C18 and post-1844. Slate roof. Stuccoed stone front. 2-storeyed 3-light bay over columned porch with 2 window bays to left hand and 1 window bay to right hand. 3-light sashes on 2nd floor with glazing bars; single sashes elsewhere with quoined dressings. C16 moulded ceiling beams and plank and mutin partition in ground floor bar. Large C19 assembly room of elegant proportions on 1st floor to rear. King Edward VII stayed for one night in this hotel while still Prince of Wales and in 1895 the artist James MacNeill Whistler was also a guest of this establishment. Stone rubble range to rear of assembly room (present dining room). The south-eastern part of the Royal Lion was formerly a separate establishment known as the New Inn and has not previously been listed. It has an early C19 front of 2 storeys 3 window bays. Cornice and parapet, the latter rising to form an angle above centre bay. The centre bay projects forward slightly and has a 3 centred arch to carriageway on ground floor, lst floor is roughcast; ground floor is stuccoed. Sash windows in reveals; glazing bars intact except for right hand ground floor window. Stuccoed archivolts to 1st floor windows. Ledged doors in carriageway. Long rear range of 2 storeys, of stone rubble, with guest rooms on 1st floor.

Nos 45 to 65 (consec) form a group.

Listing NGR: SY3416592096