The Red Lion is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1985. A Medieval House, inn. 2 related planning applications.
The Red Lion
- WRENN ID
- dusted-alcove-hawthorn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1985
- Type
- House, inn
- Period
- Medieval
- Address
- The Red Lion, West Pennard, BA6 8NH
- OS grid reference
- ST 547 386
- Coordinates
- 51.1449, -2.64781
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red Lion is a house, now an inn, dating from the 15th and early 16th centuries, with significant alterations and a refurbishment in the early 19th century, including the addition of a wing at a right angle to the left of the front facade. The building is constructed of coursed and squared rubble, with a triple Roman tile roof and four brick stacks. Originally designed with a three-unit and cross-passage plan, it has been substantially altered since.
The two-storey, three-bay main front features casement windows with glazing bars, some of which are located on the ground floor and have concrete lintels. The two-storey wing, positioned at a right angle to the main roof ridge, has an inner face of two bays and matching casement windows. All windows are fitted with 20th-century wooden shutters. Two door openings contain plank doors, each sheltered by a gabled wooden hood supported by brackets.
The interior retains exposed ceiling beams and a chamfered cross-beam ceiling. A fireplace is present with a broad wooden bressumer, and dressed stone jambs.
Local climate
The Red Lion receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 2016
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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