tarboat's photos with the keyword: lion

The intertwined initials of the Midland Railway on this lion and scroll piece of the Midland Hotel in Manchester. The splendid terracotta work is by Burmantofts of Leeds. The hotel itself was designed by Carles Trubshaw and opened in 1903. It is listed Grade II*.

This magnificent beast is found on the top of the former Kings Theatre on Trinity Street in Gainsborough. Opened as the Albert Hall in 1885 it was renamed the Royal Albert Hall in 1891 and screened the first films in the town in December 1896. By 1909 it was a cinema named the Kings Theatre and since then has had mixed fortunes. Repertory and variety theatre replaced films in 1958 and then bingo from 1992. Bingo ended in 2015 and the building has since been renovated but remains empty.

It's amazing what you find in the garden when you book for bed and breakfast.

This wonderful lion sits atop the old Co-op building on the corner of Market Street and Wellington Street in Barnsley. In 1911 this building replaced an original building of 1865, as the central grocery department and is now listed Grade II. The Barnsley British Co-operative society was founded in 1862.

This lion is one of six to be seen on the former Co-op drapery store on the corner of Higher Bridge St & St George's Rd, Bolton. The present building dates from 1904 and the spectacular terracotta work on the frontage is all the product of Henry Dennis' Hafod Red Brick Works in Ruabon.