Red Lion Hotel

The Red Lion Hotel, located at No 37 in Fakenham Market Place, is an 18th-century building constructed of red brick. It features a low-pitched gable-ended roof covered with black-glazed pantiles and has a modillion eaves cornice. The structure stands three storeys high and is adorned with rusticated brick pilasters and five sash windows with glazing bars, all topped with flat brick arches. The central doorway is framed by engaged columns supporting a Doric entablature and an open pediment, which includes a semi-circular fanlight above a flush-panelled door. To the right, there is a two-storey section of the building that has one sash window with glazing bars and a large segmental-headed carriageway. At the rear, hexagonal-shafted brick chimney stacks with moulded bases can be found. The rear wing, dating from the 16th or 17th century, is made of flint and brick and has a steep gable-ended roof with pantiles, featuring a large brick chimney stack with diamond-section shafts. Inside the 18th-century part of the hotel, there is a contemporary staircase with turned balusters and a round-headed stair window. The 16th or 17th-century wing at the back contains stop-chamfered beams and a large fireplace with a timber bressummer.