The Red Lion

The Red Lion is a public house located in Wooburn Green, dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, with a 16th-century gabled cross wing on the right and an altered 17th-century wing attached to the left at the rear of No. 40. There are 20th-century extensions to the rear. The main block is constructed of whitewashed brick and features dentil eaves, a hipped old tile roof, and brick chimneys. It has two storeys and an attic with seven bays. The first floor includes five 4-pane sash windows with cambered heads, and there are blind window panels with inn signs in bays three and six. The ground floor has two canted bay windows with sashes and a tripartite sash window to the right, all sheltered by a flat asphalted hood supported by slender iron shafts. A half-glazed 20th-century door is located between the left windows, featuring a rectangular fanlight and panelled pilasters, while a 20th-century board door with a similar doorcase is situated between the right bays. A 20th-century door has been inserted to the left. The building also has two gabled dormers with paired wooden casements from the 20th century. Some timber studding is visible in the rear wall. The 16th-century wing to the right has a whitewashed brick ground floor, a whitewashed rendered upper storey, and roughcast over timber framing on the right side. It has a plain tile roof with 19th to 20th-century bargeboards, and is two storeys tall, lower than the main block, with a gable end facing the green. The windows are wooden casements with single horizontal glazing bars, featuring a 3-light window on the ground floor and a 4-light window above. A 20th-century board door is located to the right. The 17th-century rear wing on the left is timber framed with brick infill and has been rebuilt in the 20th century; it was formerly a forge. Inside, the right wing has heavy floor joists.