Old Red Lion

SP5017 5/30 26/11/51

BLETCHINGDON ISLIP ROAD (North side) Old Red Lion (Formerly listed as Red Lion Inn)

GV II

Inn, now house. Late C16; remodelled and eaves raised in late C17; mid C18 rear extension. Coursed limestone rubble; gabled stone slate roof, with concrete tiles to rear; end stacks of stone finished in brick; C18 brick ridge stack to rear. L-plan with rear right wing. 2 storeys; 2-window range. Timber lintels and first-floor flat stone arches over C20 windows. Rear wing: of 2 storeys with flat stone arches over early C19 six-panelled door with overlight and over C20 windows; C19 outshut to rear, with blocked arch to beer cellar. Interior: room to right has plain C18 beam and mid C18 stone fireplace; room to left has late C16 pyramid-stopped chamfered beam, stop-chamfered wall beams, and early C19 plank door. Mid C18 straight-cut panels to rear of right room; C18 six-panelled doors and stone-flag floors to rear, and cased beam in rear rood. Formerly the Red Lion Inn. Mid C18 extension and alterations probably followed purchase of inn by John Cox in 1764. (Deeds of house)

Listing NGR: SP5026817580