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Date of photo: 1937	Picture source: Hania Franek
The Black Lion was situated on Burnham Road. This grade-II listed pub closed in 2010 due to poor trade and has now been converted to residential use.
Source: Jack Nicholson
Listed building details:
The Black Lion Public House GV II Public house. C18 and early C19, extended in C20. Partly timber-framed and weatherboarded, partly of painted brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. Timber-framed building of 4 bays facing SW, of one storey with attics, with one rear stack, and full-length lean-to extension to rear. Small lean-to extension to front. To left, early C19 brick building of L-plan, with external stack in left rear angle, of 2 storeys, and C19 rear extension of one storey with attics, weatherboarded with hipped roof, and single-storey extension beyond. C20 lean-to extensions to left and in left rear angle. Ground floor, 2 early C19 tripartite sashes of 4-12-4 lights, one late C19 splayed bay of 8-16-8 lights, and one late C19 tripartite sash of 2-4-2 lights. First floor, 2 early C19 tripartite sashes of 4-12-4 lights and one early C19 sash of 4 + 8 lights in slated lean-to dormer. C20 door with side-lights in C20 flat-roofed porch. Roof of brick building hipped. The smaller weatherboarded building to the right has a gambrel roof.
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Date of photo: 2025	Picture source: Paddy Ballard