The Red Lion Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 August 1986. Inn. 9 related planning applications.
The Red Lion Inn
- WRENN ID
- lost-wall-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Bicester and Woodstock MP: Calum Miller (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 August 1986
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Red Lion Inn, High Street, Islip, OX5 2RX
- OS grid reference
- SP 527 141
- Coordinates
- 51.8234, -1.23669
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red Lion Inn is a 17th-century inn that was altered in the 18th century. It is constructed of limestone rubble, featuring some squared quoins and wooden lintels, topped with a Welsh-slate roof that has ashlar and brick gable stacks. The building has a four-unit plan with a rear wing and stands two storeys high plus an attic. The front facade is irregular with four windows, stepping down on the left side. There is a large gabled chimney projection on the extreme left, which has a partly rebuilt ashlar stack. Each bay contains 12-pane sash windows, and there is a doorway towards the right end. One of the first-floor windows in the higher section is raised and features a brick dormer gable, while there is a roof dormer in the lower section. The right gable has a clustered stack with three old diagonally-set shafts. The rear of the lower section includes a wood-mullioned and transomed window. Inside, the inn features heavy chamfered beams.
Local climate
The Red Lion Inn sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 1 transaction since 2025
- Related listed building consents — 9 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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