Golden Lion Hotel, Hunstanton

Building in Norfolk, England

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(s)| 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.

## Contents

* 1 Location
* 2 History
* 3 Description
* 4 References

## Location[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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. ^ a b 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 Archived 2010-03-08 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 30 January 2013