The Red Lion Inn

BRACKNELL

SU86NE HIGH STREET 674-1/15/132 (North side) 30/03/51 The Red Lion Inn

GV II

Inn with stables, now public house. C16, altered and extended C17, C19 and mid C20. MATERIALS: part timber frame with painted brick infill, part timber frame encased in painted brick; part painted roughcast. Old tile hipped and gabled roofs. PLAN: L-plan of 2 x 6 framed bays with extensions on right and at rear. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys. 4 chimneys, one of late C16 at rear with large weathered base, clay pots. Black painted plinth, open eaves. Windows are combination of C18 and C19 sash windows with glazing bars, C19 and C20 casement windows with glazing bars. Entrance (south) front: left hand section oldest with two, single bay cross gables with linking parapet and large, pointed and square hoodmoulds painted black. Platband at first floor. Sash windows in left gable, casement window on first floor of right gable, under segmental arch, large projecting bay window with slate roof at ground floor. Entrance in centre with 6-panelled door, now part glazed in early C20 open porch with gabled roof. To right tall projecting chimney. On left return timber frame exposed with former entrance door, now disused. Right hand section is of 2 bays. First floor has small 2-light casement window on left and large tripartite sash window on right. On ground floor former carriageway, now refronted with two C20 4-light casement windows and narrow door. INTERIOR: not inspected.