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Picture source: Hania Franek

The Crown Inn was situated at 191 High Street. This grade-II* listed pub closed in March 2017 and was previously known as The Black Lyon

Source: Michael Schouten

Listed building details:

House, now hotel. Late C18. Grey headers with red brick dressings. Shallow paired bracketted cornice to slate roof with end stacks. 3 storeys; regular 5 window front, glazing bar sashes with gauged heads, except C20 casements on second floor. Central doubled casement on centre of second floor in segment-headed surround. Central Venetian window on first floor. Window to extreme left on ground floor in raised surround, with shallow casement and night-safe in blocked part below. Central entrance with paired pilaster surround with tall thin windows separating the outer pilasters. Central glazed door with radiating fanlight in arched surround with rusticated pilasters supporting moulded arch with keystone.

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