The Red Lion Inn

Inn constructed in the early C19, possibly replacing an earlier inn. The building was extended to the north and east during the C20.

MATERIALS: the building is constructed of red brick with a stuccoed primary (west) elevation. The roof covering is concrete tile.

PLAN: the building has a loosely T-shaped plan, with a principal, southern range fronting Bailey Head, an accommodation wing to the north running east at a right angle with the principal range, and a later, C20 extension running north from the accommodation wing.

EXTERIOR: the principal range fronting Bailey Head is of two storeys plus cellar across five bays under a pitched roof. The principal, west elevation is loosely symmetrical. The central bay of the ground floor has a canted bay window with a central, six-over-six glazed, timber sash window flanked by a pair of four-over-four glazed timber sashes. There are entrances in the first and fourth bays from the north gable wall – the southern entrance is now blocked. They are of a similar design with Doric half-columns rising to an entablature over the doorway. The main entrance in the northernmost bay has a four-panelled door within a plain, timber surround with a two-pain overlight. There are windows with stucco cills to either side of the main entrance. To the north (still within the northernmost bay) is a narrow sash window with four-over-four glazing and horns. To the south is an eight-over-eight glazed, timber sash with horns. In the southernmost bay is another eight-over-eight glazed, timber sash window with horns and a stucco cill. On the first floor are three, evenly-spaced, eight-over-eight glazed, timber sashes with stucco cills.

Adjoining the principal range to the north is a three-storey wing with a pitched roof and orientated east-west. On its west elevation, there are eight-over-eight glazed, timber sash windows with stucco cills on the ground and first floors and a three-over-three glazed, timber sash window on the second floor. The northern half of the west elevation is largely concealed by the adjacent indoor market building. The rear, north elevation of the north wing is of exposed red brick and carries a series of uPVC casements, along with a round-arched, timber window on the ground floor. A C20, single-storey lean-to abuts the southern end of the elevation, and larger, single-storey extension extends northward from the north wing, abutting the adjacent indoor market building.