Golden Lion Hotel, Hunstanton

Golden Lion Hotel
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 / 52.9403250; 0.4883611
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]

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

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

  1. ↑ Historic England. "Golden Lion Hotel (1342241)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 5 February 2014.
  2. ↑ OS Explorer Map 236” – King's Lynn, Downham Market & Swaffham. ISBN 0-319-23808-3.
  3. ↑ County A to Z Atlas, Street & Road maps Norfolk, ISBN 978-1-84348-614-5
  4. 1 2 Norfolk 2: Norfolk: North-west and South, By Nikolaus Pevsner and Bill Wilson. Hunstanton entry, Page 214: ISBN 0-300-09657-7
  5. ↑ Reference to Hamon Le Strange retrieved 30 January 2013
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