Old Red Lion Public House

The Old Red Lion Public House, dating to 1899, was designed by Eedle and Myers for Charles Dickerson and John William North. It occupies the ground and first floors of a building with residential upper floors. The front elevation features polished granite and stucco at ground level, with banded stucco rustication and pilasters over brick panels on the upper floors. This detailing incorporates terracotta decoration and a parapet. The building is of four storeys and has a three-window range, including a narrower, canted bay on the far right.

The architectural style is Free-Classical, incorporating Neo-Jacobean and Renaissance motifs. Elaborate detailing includes banded pilasters that extend from the ground floor to the parapet, and moulded stucco sill bands that articulate the storeys. The first floor features elliptical and round-arched casement windows with fanlights, radiating stucco banding, prominent keystones, and pilaster shafts of terracotta lions. The second floor has round-arched arched windows with plain fanlights and a cornice with egg and dart moulding. The third floor has eight-over-one sash windows. The balustraded parapet features a shaped brick name panel inscribed in Arts and Crafts lettering: "THE OLD RED LION 1415 REBUILT 1899", along with ball and pyramid finials. Elaborate relief-decoration below the gablet includes two lions, the initials "D" and "N", and foliage.

The ground-floor pub front retains its original character with bays containing original glazing and grained woodwork, articulated by pilasters with polished red granite shafts, black granite bases, and decorative stucco capitals. The main entrance is deeply recessed and features original panelled doors with glazing and an overlight, flanked by chamfered piers. A richly animated stucco relief with foliated scrolls and a central masque adorns the panel above the entrance. Other bays feature identical pairs of original doors with glazing, overlights, and windows. The painted mirrored glass fascia reads "CHARRINGTON OLD RED LION". Wrought-iron bracketed wall lanterns are affixed to the ground-floor pilasters.

Significant portions of the original interior remain, including the barback and division screens.