The Old Red Lion is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 2 December 1986. House, former inn. 3 related planning applications.
The Old Red Lion
- WRENN ID
- rough-remnant-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 2 December 1986
- Type
- House, former inn
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Red Lion is a house, formerly an inn, dating to the late 16th century, with a southern bay from the 17th century and a renovation and southeast wing constructed around 1980. The building is timber-framed, with square framing visible in the north gable and rear, with brick nogging. The west front and north lean-to are red brick, the southeast wing is plastered, and all have steep old red tile roofs.
The house is two storeys high on the roadside facing west, with a rear outshut serving as a cellar on the east and a two-storey gabled extension to the southeast. A large external chimney, dating from the 17th century, is located at the south gable and features one flue behind another, with a tiled roof extending to a side oven. A single-flue chimney from the 18th century rises from the north gable. The building is four bays wide, with a narrow central bay and a long north bay containing an axial beam. The two southern bays are likely from the 17th century.
The brick west front has three 19th-century windows on each floor, and the doorway to the right of the lower middle window has been replaced by a similar two-light flush casement window under a segmental arch. Three-light casements are found in the outer windows. A brick eaves band and wooden boxed eaves are also present. The entrance was moved to the east side around 1980.
The interior features exposed timbers, with heavy curved braces to the tie-beams, and a clasped-purlin queen-strut-and-collar roof with wind braces.
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