Red Lion Inn is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 November 1971. Public house. 4 related planning applications.
Red Lion Inn
- WRENN ID
- watchful-column-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 November 1971
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Red Lion Inn, 2, South Green, Southwold, IP18 6ET
- OS grid reference
- TM 508 760
- Coordinates
- 52.3251, 1.67978
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red Lion Inn is a house that has been converted into a public house. It dates back to around 1620 and was rebuilt in brick in the early 18th century, with later alterations and a front extension added around 1900. The building features a timber frame that is encased in colourwashed brick, although some of the timber framing is exposed at the rear. The roof is covered with black-glazed pantiles, and there are rebuilt brick stacks at the left end and to the right of the centre. The original layout was a lobby-entry plan.
The exterior is two storeys high with a four-bay range that is highlighted by full-height pilaster strips. A single-storey extension on the right side obscures the ground floor. This extension has a glazed door situated between three 2/2 horned sash windows on the left and two on the right. To the left of the extension, there is a six-panel door with a cross-glazed overlight, followed by a 2/2 unhorned sash window. At the far left, there is another six-panel door with glazed top panels. The first floor is lit by four 2/2 sash windows, with the right pair having horns.
Inside, the ground floor features a left room with bridging beams that have sunk-quadrant mouldings and scalloped jewel stops. The wall plate consists of a reused mid-16th century hollow-moulded beam with subsidiary keel mouldings. There is a blocked fireplace against the left wall, with a winder staircase located to its right. The centre fireplace opening has been rebuilt. The right room also has bridging beams with sunk-quadrant mouldings, scalloped jewel stops, and punched diamond insets.
Local climate
Red Lion Inn receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 6 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 96% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.
Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 4 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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