The Old Red Lion is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 October 1972. Public house. 5 related planning applications.
The Old Red Lion
- WRENN ID
- muffled-cellar-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 October 1972
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Old Red Lion, 54, High Street, Newport and Carisbrooke, PO30 1NR
- OS grid reference
- SZ 486 882
- Coordinates
- 50.69168, -1.31283
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Red Lion is a long, low building dating from the mid-18th century. It is not currently licensed as a public house. The exterior is painted stucco, featuring a recessed fascia that forms a parapet topped with brick coping. The roof is tiled. There are three windows, with a single-window extension, and the windows are fitted with 19th-century casements. Four 19th-century doorways are also present. The building forms a group with The Castle public house and numbers 54 to 60 (even) and 64 on the High Street.
Local climate
The Old Red Lion receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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.
- Sale history — 10 transactions since 2005
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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