White Lion House
WHITE LION HOUSE, BROAD STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1316537
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-1951
- List Entry Name:
- White Lion House
- Statutory Address:
- WHITE LION HOUSE, BROAD STREET
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- Date:
- 1999-09-17
- Reference:
- IOE01/00431/10
- Rights:
- © Mr Barry Freeman. Source: Historic England Archive
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1316537
- Date first listed:
- 15-Jun-1951
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 12-Feb-1998
- List Entry Name:
- White Lion House
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHITE LION HOUSE, BROAD STREET
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WHITE LION HOUSE, BROAD STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Suffolk
- District:
- Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Eye
- National Grid Reference:
- TM1451973810
Details
EYE
TM1473 BROAD STREET
585-1/7/21 (East side)
15/06/51 White Lion House
(Formerly Listed as:
BROAD STREET
(East side)
White Lion Hotel)
II
Formerly known as: White Lion Hotel, premises occupied by EJ
Jones and by Barrett Jenkins BROAD STREET.
Coaching Inn. C15 with additions and alterations, closed 1986
and converted to 6 houses. Rendered and whitewashed timber
frame. Machine tile roofs. Irregular plan in 3 distinct
builds.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. C15 north part of 2 storeys in 3-window
range. Ground floor has to right a partly-blocked jettied
coach entrance with a bressumer decorated with continuous
arcaded frieze. The jetty underbuilt to left side with a C20
plate-glass shop front, but remains open to right under a
4-centred arch bearing legend: posting establishment. Two 6/6
unhorned sashes to first floor. Left of the jetty is a C20
ground-floor top-hung casement with glazing bars and a
half-glazed door to extreme left within a timber doorcase with
hood. Double 6/6 unhorned sash above. Gabled roof. Stack on
rear roof slope. Rear consists of an elevated outshut under
catslide roof.
Remainder of elevation broadly symmetrical: 4-window range;
central 6-panelled double-leaf doors in projecting bay. Plain
Doric doorcase with a carved lion passant on hood.
Fenestration of double 6/6 unhorned sashes and one
66:1010:66 unhorned sash. One tripartite 22:66:22 sash
to ground floor either side of door. Subsidiary late C20 door
within doorcase to right of elevation. Parapet partly conceals
gabled roof. 2 ridge stacks. C19 3-storey rear block.
INTERIOR: north part with studwork of heavy scantling. One
4-centred screens passage doorway remains with stylised
foliage carving in spandrels. Plain bridging beams and joists.
Roof replaced c1700: two tiers of staggered butt purlins and
collars.
(Paine C: The History of Eye: Diss: 1993-: 43-50).
Listing NGR: TM1451973810
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 468252
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Sources
Books and journals
Paine, C, The History of Eye, (1993), 43-50
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
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