Description

LEEK

SJ9856NW MARKET PLACE
611-1/4/75 (East side)
13/04/51 The Red Lion Hotel

GV II

Originally built as private house, but with long history as
inn. C17 core, extended and remodelled early C18. Stucco over
brick and stone, roof not visible.
EXTERIOR: 3 storeys, 3-window range with central doorway
flanked by full-height canted bays with 3-light stone
mullioned windows with small panes in the upper storeys. 2 and
3-light transomed casement windows over courtyard entry to
right. Central door in moulded architrave with console
brackets carrying entablature, and cast-iron and glass canopy
incorporating lettering. Parallel rear range has C17 mullioned
windows surviving in gable wall to passage, coped gable with
moulded kneelers above, and massive side wall stack. Further
stack built into NE corner.
The frontage block of the hotel incorporates a 2-storeyed
building of the C17, raised in height, while retaining the
earlier gable structure, during the C18.
INTERIOR: not inspected.

Listing NGR: SJ9841756563

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• The Red Lion Hotel official website
• Wikidata Q26558877

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Recommended Books

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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  London 1: The City of London: City of London v. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Pevsner's Architectural Glossary (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Introductions)
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  [(Cumberland and Westmorland)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1967)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair by Hunt. Roger ( 2008 ) Hardcover