Above Google image, July 2016.

Above photos, circa 2016 with thanks from from Roger Pester  www.innsignsociety.com.

The Plaques says the following:- THE BELLE AND LION. Prior to its conversion into a Wetherspoon free house, this three story building had been a tv/electrical store since the 1970s. Earlier still the premises had housed an ironmongery business dating back to at least the early 1870s. At the rear, there was a row of cottages where there is now an outdoor seating area. Clarence Cottages were names after the Duke of Clarence who opened the Royal Navy Dockyard. In 1823, which gave rise to Sheerness, The Belle and Lion was the first public house to be built Recorded in 1824, it stood for many years on the site of 59 High Street. These premises were refurbished by J D Wetherspoon and opened in July 2014.