Golden Lion Hotel, Hunstanton
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.
| 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 |
| Opening | 1850 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | 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] |
Location
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
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
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
- 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
- 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