Old Red Lion Public House is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 4 December 1987. Public house. 7 related planning applications.
Old Red Lion Public House
- WRENN ID
- muted-string-claret
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 4 December 1987
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Old Red Lion Public House, Banbury Road, Litchborough, NN12 8JF
- OS grid reference
- SP 632 543
- Coordinates
- 52.18336, -1.07635
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Red Lion Public House is likely a former farmhouse dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features coursed squared ironstone with slate roofs and brick stacks, which are set on stone bases. The building is arranged in an L-plan with a lobby entry and has two storeys plus an attic, with a three-window range.
To the right of the centre, there is a four-panel part-glazed door with a wooden lintel and a straight hood supported by brackets. On the ground and first floors to the left of the centre, there are three-light casement windows with wooden lintels. The projecting wing on the right has a similar window on the ground floor gable, and above it, there is a three-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window on the first floor, complete with a hood mould. In the attic gable, there is a two-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window. The building also features quoins and a chamfered plinth, as well as a large blocked window on the first floor of the left gable end, which has a long hood mould.
Inside, the pub retains stop-chamfered spine beams and back-to-back open fireplaces with cambered stop-chamfered bressumers. There is an old stuff partition and stone-flagged floors.
Local climate
Old Red Lion Public House 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 77% 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 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 4 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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