Description

ALDEBURGH

TM4656 MARKET CROSS PLACE
837-1/4/34 (West side)
27/02/50 Nos.15 AND 16
White Lion Hotel

GV II

Inn and two houses; now public house and hotel. C17 inn
refronted c1840 and extended into mid and early C19 houses to
south in C19 and C20: C19 and C20 alterations. Brick with
slate roofs, some C20 asbestos slate.
EXTERIOR: original inn has 3-storey front with irregular
fenestration. Polygonal angle turrets rise above crenellated
parapet. Ground floor lit by two tripartite sashes with
glazing bars of 2/2, 6/6, 2/2 formation, and a fixed 12-pane
window to either side. First floor has two taller tripartite
windows with 3/6, 6/9, 3/6 sashes: second floor, three 8/8
unhorned sashes. Tripartite windows on ground and first floors
have continuous hoodmoulds. Dentilled eaves cornice. Internal
gable-end stack to north.
Mid C19 central block has 3 storeys, 4 bays, those to first
and second floors blind in the third bay. Double-leaf panelled
door in third bay set behind portico porch on two unfluted
columns. Ground and first-floor sashes all unhorned have 8/8
glazing bars; on second floor, three 4/8 unhorned sashes.
Dentil eaves cornice. Internal gable end stack to north and
ridge stack left of centre.
South house c1820 has 2-storey 4-window front. Plain doorway
at left end: to right on ground floor single sashes alternate
with tripartite horned sashes, all without glazing bars. Four
first-floor tripartite sashes set in two groups of two: 2/2,
6/6, 2/2 glazing bars. Dentil eaves cornice. Internal
gable-end stack to south.
INTERIOR: north block opened out on ground floor to form
dining room: at north end is a C17 rendered brick fireplace
under 4-centred arch with dragons carved in relief in
spandrels. Reeded and fluted Ionic pilasters right and left
support strapwork frieze and a low-relief gadrooned cornice.
Overmantel with central arcaded panel flanked by one geometric
panel either side, each defined by pilasters, which have
high-relief carving of 2 bacchanalian male figures and 2
female figures. Upper cornice with strapwork. Small-framed
panelling to room, most of which is not in situ.
Room in ground floor of centre block with C19 fielded
panelling and an egg-and-dart frieze. Ballroom at south end of
hotel has C19 panelling and pilasters. Staircase is

open-stringed, with turned balusters and foliate wreathed
tread ends.

Listing NGR: TM4653856908

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26559812

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