Golden Lion Hotel, Hunstanton
| Golden Lion Hotel | |
|---|---|
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  Norfolk | |
| General information | |
| Location | Hunstanton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England |
| Address | Cliff Parade Hunstanton Norfolk PE36 6BQ |
| Coordinates | 52°56′25.17″N 0°29′18.10″E / 52.9403250°N 0.4883611°E |
| Opening | 1850 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect(s) | William Butterfield |
| Other information | |
| Number of rooms | 27 en-suite bedrooms |
| Number of restaurants | 1 |
| Number of bars | 1 (The Lion Bar) |
| Parking | Yes |
| Website | |
Listed Building – Grade II | |
| Designated | 20 September 1984 |
| Reference no. | 1342241[1] |
The Golden Lion Hotel is in the coastal English town of Hunstanton, King's Lynn and West Norfolk, Norfolk, England.[2] It is a three-star hotel and has been a Grade II listed building since 20 September 1984.
Location[edit]
The hotel stands in a prominent position on the landward side of Cliff Parade overlooking the Green.[3] It has wide panoramic views of the sea and Hunstanton's main beach.
History[edit]
The area in which this hotel stands was conceived as New Hunstanton and was the brain child of Henry Le Strange of Hunstanton Hall.[4] Le Strange wanted Hunstanton to develop as a sea-side resort with the expected arrival of the railway, which finally arrived in 1862.[4] Le Strange's son Hamon controlled the later part of the scheme, and he employed several London architects to bring his father's plans to realization. One of those architects was William Butterfield,[5] who had a hand in redeveloping the original New Inn into the Golden Lion Hotel.
Description[edit]
The building seen today is built from the local carrstone, which is laid in a random coursed manner around the doorways and windows are dressed with stone quoins and mullions in the high Victorian Tudor Gothic style. The building is set on an L-shaped ground floor plan.
References[edit]
- ^ Historic England. "Golden Lion Hotel (1342241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
- ^ OS Explorer Map 236” – King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-23808-3.
- ^ County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, ISBN 978-1-84348-614-5
- ^ a b Norfolk 2: Norfolk: North-west and South, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson. Hunstanton entry, Page 214: ISBN 0-300-09657-7
- ^ Reference to Hamon Le Strange Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 30 January 2013