The Old Red Lion Public House

The Old Red Lion is a public house and off licence built in 1933 on the site of an earlier public house dating from around 1750. It is constructed in a Tudorbethan style. The front elevation exhibits eclectic timber framing with plastered infill, while the sides are of brick in English bond. The roof is tiled, with two clustered red brick chimneystacks to the left and a single stock brick chimneystack to the right. Nos. 42 and 43 house the public house, arranged over two storeys, with attics and a basement, and feature two windows. No. 44, the off licence, is a single-storey, one-bay structure.

The attic storey of nos. 42 and 43 projects and includes a central gable with bargeboards and a carved band above two four-light casements, supported on lion-shaped brackets painted red. The attic has a pattern of arches under the windows and a wooden bracket supporting a hanging sign. The first floor also features two four-light casements. The ground floor has a projecting bar front with two arched windows containing frosted stained glass, stall risers with brick nogging incorporating tiles on edge, and three entrances: the right entrance leads to the upper floors, while the central and left entrances provide access to the public and saloon bars. No. 44, the off licence, is a single storey structure with a penticed slate roof and a shop front featuring twelve arches above, six arches below, brick stall risers, and a recessed arched doorcase with a rectangular fanlight.

The interior remains largely intact and includes two bars, a public bar and a saloon bar, which run the full depth of the building, along with a staircase on the right. Key features include adzed oak ceiling and wall frame beams, oak-panelled internal porches, three Tudor-style fireplace surrounds with metal hoods and twisted brick piers, original lantern-style lighting, bar counters with four-centred arches and decorated spandrels, heraldic shields, a built-in picture depicting the landing of Bonnie Prince Charlie in Scotland, original doors throughout, and original cream and black tiles and fittings in the lavatories.