Lion

Status: Open
Address: 31-36 Houndsditch, EC3A 7BD (streetmap) (osm) (gmap) (bingmap) (streetview)
London borough: City of London
Former name(s): White Horse
O'Neill's
Red Lion
Former address: 17 Bevis Marks (pre-rebuilding) [different site]
Historical parish: St Botolph without Aldgate
Dates open: by 1826-
rebuilt 1965
Owner: Nice Bars
White Horse Pubs (former)
Mitchells and Butlers (former?)
Mitchells and Butlers [O'Neill's] (former)
Charrington (former)
Website: Website
Notes: Originally sited 35m to the south-west (on the other side of the block) with the address of 17 Bevis Marks, prior to rebuilding in 1965. Renamed as the "White Horse" in 2008, and as the "Lion" in 2016.
Photo taken in December 2016
Sources: Open date/Rebuilding: Pub Wiki
Renaming: Pub Wiki/London Drinker WP17
Owner: CAMRA/London Drinker WP17
OS 1875/1896/1916/1959 (as "Red Lion")/1970 (as "Red Lion")
PO 1839/1841/1856/1869/1882/1895/1915 (all as "Red Lion")
Tris C (e-mail)
References: COL/SVD/PL/02/0535 (as "Red Lion")
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