Red Lion Hotel

The Red Lion Hotel is an important and richly ornamented example of late 15th century and early 16th century architecture. The original house was built around 1470, and remnants of the hall and screens can be seen in the ground floor dining room. Around 1500, the house was converted into an inn, and the main block facing the street was constructed, featuring a central carriage entrance. This block has three storeys, with the upper storeys and eaves projecting, and a tiled roof that includes four 18th century hipped gables.

The first floor has been underbuilt and features a modern shop window at the west end of the ground floor. It is divided into bays by eight shafts that support the projecting storey above, each with carved capitals and moulded bases. The windows on this storey are 18th to 19th century sashes, arranged in a range of four, although there are two blocked original window openings. The wall face of this storey is adorned with 35 traceried panels.

The upper storey, or second floor, also has traceried panels between the stud work—19 in total—and similar shafts dividing the bays. A moulded bressumer at the eaves is supported by curved brackets, some of which are carved. The carriage entrance to the courtyard features an archway with moulded posts, a four-centred arch in a square head, carved spandrels, and finely moulded roof timbers.

Inside the courtyard, the wing on the west side has an upper storey that projects, showcasing a fine moulded bressumer on curved brackets with shafts. The east side of the courtyard has largely 18th and 19th century features. A rainwater head dated 1716 can also be found. The interior retains many original features, particularly fine moulded ceiling beams throughout the early 16th century building, along with several original windows. The late 15th century part of the building includes carved timber work, and there are cellars dating back to around 1400.