Golden Lion, Hereford

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36 Grandstand Road, Hereford, HR4 9NF (View on Google Map)

(01432) 275785

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Historic Interior

DP 04/23. (External, Key). Published on 26-04-2023

DP 04/23. (External, Sign). Published on 25-04-2023

Friendly two-bar locals' free house, once a pair of cottages. The large public bar has original etched windows and is decorated with a tapestry and pictures of lions plus a collection of plates. Behind the public bar is an aviary, complete with a fishpool, which functions as a family area, and a skittle alley. Food is served Sunday lunchtime only.

Information for this venue is provided by the Herefordshire Branch of CAMRA

Previous Names
Local Authority: County of Herefordshire
Last updated: 05/07/2023
Last surveyed: 27/04/2016
Leasehold owner: unknown
Freehold owner: unknown
Pub ID: HFD/2420
Asset of Community Value

One star - A pub interior of special national historic interest

Listed status: Not listed

In 1938 the adjoining house (left) was incorporated into a much enlarged public bar and many fittings remain from then. An intact off-sales remains in the lobby. Through a door partition on the left is the public bar – note there are Victorian-style 'Public Bar' etched windows in both parts so that on the left has been moved (or is a copy). A new Formica frontage was added to the counter in the 1980s. On the right, the lounge / dining room has a counter that may be from the 1930s but it too has front panels added in the 1980s and the top looks to be of similar date; the bar-back fitting is post-war. Food only on Sunday lunchtime.

General information about historic pub interiors

In 1938 the adjoining house on the left was combined to create a vastly enlarged public bar and many fittings from 1938 remain. It retains an intact off sales in the lobby created by a leaded glass partition and with a rising lower window. Through a door in the partition on the left is the public bar – note there are Victorian-style 'Public Bar' etched windows in both parts so that on the left has been moved (or is a copy?) – and the fixed seating looks to be Victorian and therefore re-positioned. The counter in the public bar could date from the 1930s i.e. the same date as the partition but in the 1980s a new Formica frontage was added. The bar back looks like it could be 1930s work. On the right the lounge / dining room has a counter that could also date from the 1930s but it too has front panels added in the 1980s and the top looks to be of similar date; the bar-back fitting is from the post-war period.

Some information from ‘The Pubs of Hereford City’ by Ron Shoesmith (Logaston Press, 1994) ISBN 1873827148.

General information about historic pub interiors

Monday

3:00pm - 11:00pm

Tuesday

3:00pm - 11:00pm

Wednesday

3:00pm - 11:00pm

Thursday

3:00pm - 11:00pm

Friday

1:00pm - 11:00pm

Saturday

10:00am - 11:00pm

Sunday

11:00am - 10:30pm

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