The Red Lion Public House

TL 64 SE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD CHURCH STREET 2/55 The Red Lion Public House GV II

Inn, C17 and C18, extended in C19 and C20. Timber framed, roughcast rendered with facade of red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays aligned approx. E-W with axial chimney stack one bay from W end, C17. Parallel range to S, C18, aspect S. Rear extension from E end with axial chimney stack, C19/20. Single-storey extensions to W, C20. Symmetrical facade with plastered dado. 6-panel door in doorcase with panelled reveals and dentilled open pediment. Fanlight with radiating tracery. 2 pairs of double- hung sash windows, 6-light upper sashes, one-light lower sashes, under segmental brick arches. First floor, 3 double-hung sash windows, 2-light upper sashes, one-light lower sashes, under segmental brick arches. Both roofs hipped. Interior of rear range has plain-chamfered axial beams with plain stops, and clasped purlin roof. Front range has transverse and axial beams boxed in. A sale catalogue of 1887, framed in the bar, describes this building as The Lion commercial inn, then part of the Bower Hall estate.

Listing NGR: TL6796841088