Red Lion Inn is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 July 1983. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
Red Lion Inn
- WRENN ID
- third-chalk-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Suffolk Coastal MP: Jenny Riddell-Carpenter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 July 1983
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Red Lion Inn, Main Road, Martlesham, IP12 4RN
- OS grid reference
- TM 251 471
- Coordinates
- 52.07725, 1.28488
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red Lion Inn is a public house dating from the late 16th century, with an early 19th-century wing added to the right side of the original 'L' shaped plan, indicated by the projecting gable at the left end. The building is two storeys high and features timber framing with plaster, while the 19th-century wing has a colour-washed brick façade. It has a plain tiled roof with decorative barge boards and a red brick stack of squared, diagonally set detached chimneys.
The central gable includes a three-sided oriel window with casements and a semi-circular transom. On the ground floor, there is a three-sided bay with sash windows in flush frames, glazing bars, and a cornice above. The 19th-century wing has sash windows in flush frames with glazing bars and gauged flat arches. The main entrance door is blocked and features pilasters and a bracketed canopy. A lion's head sign, dating from around 1740, is believed to be a ship's figurehead from the Battle of Sole Bay.
Inside, the inn has an ornamental plaster ceiling.
Local climate
Red Lion Inn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 18 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 82% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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