The Red Lion Public House

The Red Lion Public House is a building that originated as two houses around 1700, with records indicating it was sold in 1710. The eastern part was added in the mid-18th century, and the property became a single entity after 1793. The structure is made of red brick with darker random blue headers in Flemish bond, featuring light red dressings and gauged arches in the older section. It has a steep old red tile roof that is half-hipped at the eastern end, while the 18th-century rear lean-to has a slate roof.

This two-storey building, which includes a cellar and attics, faces north and consists of two cells with a later separate one-cell house to the east. The original house has a symmetrical northern front with a chamfered plinth, a plat-band, and a wooden cornice with modillions at the eaves. The ends of the cornice are supported by moulded brick corbels. The façade features three long windows and a central entrance, with recessed sash windows that have 6/6 panes and flat gauged arches. The entrance includes a four-panel flush beaded door in a heavy frame, topped by a small rectangular fanlight, and is accessed by two steps beneath a flat hood.

The eastern part of the building has a plat-band and one recessed sash window on the first floor with a flat arch. There is a half-glazed four-panel flush-beaded door under a cambered arch, alongside a canted bay window with casements on the left-hand side. The interior includes a rear corner fireplace and a southwest chimney added to the western room, with an external rear wall fireplace and chimney for the eastern house. The original heating method of the older house is unclear, but it likely featured a large internal central chimney with a stair to the rear, which has since been removed and replaced with a new stair.

By 1811, the building was recorded as divided into three cottages. It first appeared as a public house in Piggotts Directory of 1832, referred to as The Lion by 1844 and later as The Red Lion. It was sold at auction in 1847, described at that time as having two sitting rooms, a shop, a tap room, a kitchen, cellarage, and five bedrooms.