The Lion Hotel dates from the Mid 19th century and was damaged in the election riot of 1868. There are two wings. To the north is a two-storey, 3-bay stuccoed wing with a slate roof. There are black-painted and moulded surrounds with keyblocks to three first-floor windows, and end canted bays on the ground floor with a black-painted hipped lead roof, dentil and bracket eaves. The central doorway has plain pilasters and a dentil cornice on brackets.

The three storey south-west corner wing has black-painted and moulded window surrounds in all 3 elevations. It has a two-bay front to Broad Street. A fascia board continues round over the corner bay and into the 2-bay Lion Street elevation.

Noted & photographed, 27/12/2001-02/2002, by O.M. Jenkins, RCAHMW; O.M. Jenkins, RCAHMW, 17/04/2002.