Listed Building: Ye Golden Lion Public House (1192029)

Farmhouse, now public house. Reputed c.1540, restored mid C19. Squared coursed and banded limestone and ironstone with close studded timber frame and C20 plain-tile roof. 3-unit plan. 2 storeys; 4-window range. Central C20 door has moulded stone surround with 4-centred head. Projecting cross wing to left of entrance has oversailing timber framed upper storey with 6-light casement at ground floor and 4-light oriel at first floor. First floor window to far left is a half dormer with wood mullion and transom. Other windows are 2- to 8-light casements with wood mullions; all with leaded lights. Ashlar gable parapets. Large brick and stone stacks at ridge and end. Projection to left of entrance and corresponding change in roof level may indicate 2 building periods. Rear has C19 brick extensions. Interior: room to left of entrance has open fireplace with bressumer and moulded and chamfered ceiling beams. Room to right of entrance is an open hall of mainly C19 restoration, with a minstrels gallery with a C18 turned balustrade, probably reset. (History of Wellingborough: J. and M. Palmer, p.274; Buildings of England: Northamptonshire, p.456).

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