The Black Lion is a Grade II* listedStructure of particular architectural and/or historic interest deserving of special protection. public house at 274 Kilburn High Road, Kilburn, London. It was built in about 1898 by the architect R. A. Lewcock (1846–1932), with interior carved panels by the sculptor Frederick Thomas Callcott (1853–1923).^[1][2]

The three-storey structure is built of red brick and stone dressings, in a rectangular plan on a corner site; according to the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), it was rescued in 2003 from a “very down-at-heel existence”.^[3]

Architecture

Exterior

The ground floor is arcadedSeries of arches carried on piers, columns or pilasters. Also used to denote a covered avenue with shops on one or both sides. with pilastersDecorative architectural element used to give the appearance of a supporting column, to articulate an extent of wall. and panelled, part-glazed double doors to the main road. The two upper floors have brick pilasters rising to support an entablature with a projecting corniceHorizontal moulding crowning a building or part of a building, such as over a door or window, or at the junction of an interior wall and ceiling. surmounted by an arcaded balustrade with cartouches and finials to the dies. Bowed windows to the first and second floor angle terminate in a lantern with an ogeeArchitectural or design element consisting of a continuous double curve, S-shaped in cross section. cupolaSmall dome on top of a roof or other high structure. and weathervane finialDecoration marking the top end of some architectural element such as a gable, newel post or fence post..^[1]

Interior

The pub’s original U-shaped bar serves two rooms divided by a glass and wood screen. The two main bars have deep, gilded Adam-style plaster friezeHorizontal central band of an entablature, known as a pulvinated frieze if it has a convex profile., plasterwork ceilings with medallions.^[1]