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Latitude: 52.1943 / 52°11'39"N
Longitude: -1.7087 / 1°42'31"W
OS Eastings: 420009
OS Northings: 255157
OS Grid: SP200551
Mapcode National: GBR 4LT.DT9
Mapcode Global: VHBY0.B3KP
Plus Code: 9C4W57VR+PG
Entry Name: White Lion Inn
Listing Date: 4 April 1994
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1205432
English Heritage Legacy ID: 366270
ID on this website: 101205432
Location: Stratford-upon-Avon, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, CV37
County: Warwickshire
District: Stratford-on-Avon
Civil Parish: Stratford-upon-Avon
Built-Up Area: Stratford-upon-Avon
Traditional County: Warwickshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Warwickshire
Church of England Parish: Stratford on Avon Holy Trinity
Church of England Diocese: Coventry
Tagged with: Architectural structure
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON
SP2055SW HENLEY STREET
604-1/8/105 (North East side)
Nos.19, 20 AND 21
GV II
Part of White Lion Inn, now shops. C17 or early C18 with early
C19 and c1900 alterations. Brick with internal timber-frame
and stuccoed front with applied timber-frame decoration; steep
tile roof with brick cross-axial stack and small stack to
rear. 2 storeys with attic; 3-window range. Ground floor has 3
shop fronts under pentice. 1st floor has irregularly spaced
windows with C19 cross-casements; attic has 2 gables with
2-light C19 casements. Hipped ends of gabled rear wings
visible; stack has 3 square shafts and moulded cap. Rear has 2
gabled wings, one to left with straight parapet and windows
with rubbed brick flat arches, some blocked. INTERIOR:
chamfered beams, and some exposed framing to No.21; roof noted
as having heavy roof trusses with tie beams and collars, wind
braces. The last remaining section of The White Lion: an
important C18 and C19 coaching inn. John Payton, the owner,
was influential in the organisation of the 1769 Shakespeare
Jubilee, and the development of tourism in Stratford.
(Bearman R: Stratford-upon-Avon: A History of its Streets and
Buildings: Nelson: 1988-: 39; Fogg N: Stratford-upon-Avon:
Portrait of a Town: Chichester: 1986-: 91, 100, 115).
Listing NGR: SP2000955157
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