LNB BANCORP, INC.


                             EXHIBIT TO FORM 11 - K


                  (for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2004)


                           S - K REFERENCE NUMBER (23)


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

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EXHIBIT 23


            CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM


The Board of Directors
LNB Bancorp, Inc.:


We consent to the incorporation by reference in the Registration Statement on
Form S-8 of LNB Bancorp, Inc. of our report dated June 24, 2005, with respect to
the statements of assets available for distribution to participants of The
Lorain National Bank Employee Stock Ownership Plan as of December 31, 2004 and
2003, and the related statement of changes in assets available for distribution
to participants for the year ended December 31, 2004 and all related
supplemental schedules, which report appears on Form 11-K of LNB Bancorp, Inc.


                                  /s/ KPMG LLP
                                Cleveland, Ohio
                                 June 29, 2005

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