Red Lion Inn, Crawford Street

Dated 1905 (remodelling) incorporating earlier 19th century fabric. 2-storey, 2-bay, square-plan Scottish Baronial revival public house with prominent bartizan, crow-stepped gables and wide segmental arched openings at ground with prominent voussoirs. Rendered and washed with polished ashlar dressings. Deep, battered base course; cill course and eaves course. Regular fenestration to front elevation.

FURTHER DESCRIPTION: arched openings contain shallow, timber-mullioned canted windows with decorative timber finials above each mullion. Two-leaf timber panelled entrance door within left arch. Stone mullioned tripartite windows at 1st floor. Bartizan with slit openings and battlements. Side elevation with entrance; pedimented window with inscription at first floor.

Small pane glazing in fixed light timber frames to lower part of canted bays and small-paned leaded lights above. Small-pane glazing above and plate glass below in timber sash and case windows to upper floor. Grey slate roof. Ashlar-coped stacks with red and yellow clay cans. Cast-iron rain water goods.

INTERIOR: Edwardian interior with original bar and gantry to right. Reeded timber panelling to dado height. Coved ceiling with applied timber beams. Terrazzo floor outlined at edges in red, grey and black. Glazed timber screen dividing bar area. Timber chimneypiece and cast-iron grate (replacements). Bar counter at right with Ionic pilasters; decorative timber gantry with slender arched fluted Ionic columns and fretwork decoration to arch soffits; door to office within arch at right. 6 large spirit casks above gantry wth brass taps.