The Green in Hunstanton.

The building on the left is the Golden Lion Hotel. The oldest building in New Hunstanton.

The Golden Lion Hotel built in 1846 was the first new building in the new town of Hunstanton St Edmunds. The name derives from the fact that Edmund landed here in 855AD , became King of East Anglia, but was martyred by the Danes.

The Golden Lion Hotel is Grade II listed.

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Hotel, formerly the Royal Hotel. C.1850, preceding the development of New Hunstanton by the Le Stranges of Hunstanton Hall. Probably by William Butter- field, the friend of Henry Le Strange and architect for New Hunstanton from 1862. Squared carstone laid in random courses,stone dressings tiled roof. "L" plan, 2 storeys with attics. High Victorian Tudor Gothic. To Green a 2 gable facade with cross wing,details and forms picturesquely varied. East gable with projecting stone roofed ground floor bow with stone mullioned and transomed cross window. First floor one 4-light cross window with Gothic arched heads, attic with one 2-light casement. 2 storey wing to east is a C20 addition. Cross wing with off axis gabled porch with pointed arch entrance. Ground floor to east has one arched single light mullioned casement and one triple light arched headed cross window, first floor has one single light and 2 3-light straight headed cross windows, attic has 2 gabled dormers. West gable blank except for single ground floor casement, and externally expressed chimney breast and stack. Long returned north wing 2 storeys with attics with attached C20 flat roofed ground floor extension.

On the right is the Town Hall of Hunstanton. Now also the Tourist Information office.

The Town Hall was built in 1896 and The Town Council still meets in the first floor chamber. The building was designed by the eminent Victorian architect, George Skipper. His exuberant style is reflected in many of the squares and houses in Hunstanton.

The Town Hall is Grade II listed.

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Former Town Hall. Dated 1896 and inscribed CJ and FW Skipper, architects. Carstone rubble with squared dressings, tiled roofs. 2 storey tripartite facade, single storey hall to rear. Late Victorian Jacobethan. Facade with 2 bay gabled centre, single bay slightly recessed wings. Ground floor with central door and 2 single light casements, first floor with central 4-light and flanking 2-light arched headed cross windows divided by thin pilasters with console bases and entablature above. Gable with clock set in strap work surround, stone coping and strap work finial. Outer bays with single ground floor cross window and one first floor 3-light mullioned and transomed window. Returned gables with stone coping and apex finial. 2 ridge stacks. South gable with 2 storey bow window projection and 5-sided 2 storey porch with conical roof and wooden cupola. 8 bay hall to rear with large mullioned and transomed windows, lead and wooden cupola on ridge, and gabled porch.