The Red Lion

The Red Lion is a public house located on the west side of The Square in Lenham. It dates from the late 15th century or 16th century and features a timber-framed structure with a 19th-century painted brick facade and a plain tile roof. The building has two storeys set on a plinth, with a narrow eaves band. The facade and roof curve to the left at the corner with Maidstone Road, and the ground floor is cut back as if for a blocked corner door. The right end bay, possibly a cross-wing, projects forward to align with the range to the right, featuring a wall-plate that is higher than the rest of the building but lower than the adjacent range, with a roof that forms a hip against the end of that range. There is a rear stack to the right. The center of the main range has an unfenestrated brick eaves dormer with a half-hipped roof. The elevation facing the square has an irregular arrangement of four glazing-bar sashes, with the central one having a segmental head. The Maidstone Road elevation includes one three-light casement and one horizontally-sliding sash, both with segmental heads. There is a 19th-century shop front facing the square, which has a blocked door at the right end, and a 20th-century half-glazed door to the left of center, featuring a flat bracketed hood. The interior has not been fully inspected.