Old Red Lion is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 November 1951. Inn, house. 3 related planning applications.
Old Red Lion
- WRENN ID
- final-pillar-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 November 1951
- Type
- Inn, house
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Red Lion is an inn that has been converted into a house. It dates from the late 16th century and was remodeled with the eaves raised in the late 17th century, with a rear extension added in the mid 18th century. The building is constructed of coursed limestone rubble and features a gabled stone slate roof, with concrete tiles on the rear. There are end stacks made of stone finished in brick and an 18th-century brick ridge stack at the rear. The layout is L-shaped with a rear right wing and the building has two storeys with a two-window range.
The windows on the first floor have timber lintels and flat stone arches over 20th-century windows. The rear wing is also two storeys high and has flat stone arches over an early 19th-century six-panelled door with an overlight, as well as over 20th-century windows. There is a 19th-century outshut at the rear, which has a blocked arch leading to a beer cellar.
Inside, the room to the right features a plain 18th-century beam and a mid-18th-century stone fireplace. The room to the left has a late 16th-century pyramid-stopped chamfered beam, stop-chamfered wall beams, and an early 19th-century plank door. The rear of the right room has mid-18th-century straight-cut panels, 18th-century six-panelled doors, stone-flag floors, and a cased beam in the rear roof. The building was formerly known as the Red Lion Inn, and the mid-18th-century extension and alterations likely occurred after John Cox purchased the inn in 1764, as indicated by the deeds of the house.
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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
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