The Green Dragon - Thorngate, Lincoln, UK
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member Master Mariner
N 53° 13.704 W 000° 32.211
30U E 664414 N 5900510
The Green Dragon is a public house on the east side of the City of Lincoln and on the north bank of the River Witham. The pub was built in the 16th century with major restoration and additions taking place in 1959.
Waymark Code: WM11H56
Location: East Midlands, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 10/24/2019
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member bill&ben
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The pub has two signs. One is a traditional swinging sign attached to the south face of the building. This depicts a dragon, painted green with a fiery flame amanating from its mouth. The wording "The Green Dragon" appears below it.

The other "sign" is attached to the east face of the pub. It is a 3D representation of a dragon sat on a platform attached to the pub's wall. The dragon is mainly painted green and white with red claws on the ends of its toes. The dragon stands about a metre in height.

The building is Grade II listed with the entry at the Historic England website advising:

Public house. C16, restored and with additions, 1959.

Timber box framing with large arch braces and plastered nogging, brick, and C20 rockfaced stone underbuild. Plain tile roofs. Single external stone side wall stack, C20, and single valley stack. 3 storeys, 4 bays. South front has 2 jettied floors, topped with 4 gables. Central 2-leaf door flanked by 2 leaded casements with wooden mullions, all C20. Above, 4 renewed square wooden oriel windows with 3-light casements. Above again, four 2-light leaded casements. West front, to Thorngate, 3 bays, has 3 leaded casements on each floor. East side, to Broadgate, all C20, has a sham timber framed bay to right.

INTERIOR has jowled posts with struts, stud partition walls, and arch braced crown post roofs with collars and spine beams. Much of the timber structure has been renewed.

Name of Artist: Unknown

Date of current sign: Unknown

Date of first pub on site: Unknown
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