The Old Red Lion Hotel

The Old Red Lion Hotel is a public house located on Manchester Road in Burnley. It was rebuilt in 1865, although it incorporates elements from an earlier 18th-century building. The structure features painted render on sandstone with freestone dressings and a slate roof. It has an irregular plan situated on a corner site, with the main range aligned parallel to Manchester Road and a curved corner that faces St James Street.

The hotel is two storeys tall, plus an attic, and has a façade with a low plinth, pilasters, a plain frieze, and a moulded cornice with a blocking course. The curved section at the corner has three windows and a slightly raised centre that includes a large round-headed doorway framed by an elaborate architrave, broad pilasters, and massive crocketed brackets supporting a prominent cornice topped with cast-iron railings. Flanking this doorway are two segmental-headed windows with sashed lights and carved columnar mullions.

To the right, the main range features a large round-headed doorway in the second bay, which is also flanked by broad channelled pilasters with crocketed caps, run-out voussoirs, and a lion keystone. This section has a plain frieze and moulded cornice, with one segmental-headed window to the left and two to the right. Both doorways have panelled doors and large fanlights. On the first floor, these sections have four-pane sashed windows with raised sills and plain surrounds.

The single-bay portion facing St James Street includes a panelled door and an oblong window beneath large traceried overlights, along with a continuous fascia featuring a moulded cornice. On the first floor, there is a two-light sashed window with a carved columnar mullion. The roof is adorned with five gabled dormers with bargeboards and three stone chimney stacks.

The Old Red Lion Hotel forms a group with the adjacent No. 44 St James Street, known as the Swan Inn.