The Red Lion

The Red Lion is a 3-bay public house, dating from the 19th century. It is constructed of rubble stone, with a steep slate roof and external stacks featuring drip stones. The front elevation is rendered in the lower storey, with the upper storey retaining exposed rubble stonework, finished with a rendered eaves band. A simple 19th-century slate veranda, supported by six cast iron columns, extends across the front of the building. All openings are framed by keystones, and contain 4-pane horned sash windows, which are of a late-19th-century design but set within earlier openings. The central doorway has a broad 2-panel door.

The rear of the building is roughcast and has 4-pane sash windows on both storeys to the right-hand side. A central doorway with a panel door dates to around 1900. To the left of this doorway is a narrow, roughcast lean-to with a corrugated-iron roof. Beyond that are two outshuts with slate roofs, serving as a tap room and kitchen, and attached to 4 Market Square.

The ground floor features an entrance hall with a tiled floor and a rear staircase. Rooms are located to either side of the hall, and contain plain cross beams, mostly covered with paper. The bar is situated on the right-hand side of the entrance hall and is simply fitted with a boarded wainscot and a wood surround to the fireplace, which has mid-20th century glazed tilework. A hatch and a split door within a boarded partition lead from the bar to the tap room. A fixed bench, originally used for storing barrels, is built into the back wall of the tap room, with later additions of bottle shelving. The tap room provides access to a rear kitchen, notable only for its red and black tile floor. A fielded-panel door from the entrance hall leads to a private parlour on the left side, featuring one cross beam covered with paper, a panelled dado, and a fireplace with a mid-20th-century glazed tile surround.

The dog-leg staircase has turned balusters and square newels. The first-floor room above the parlour has a fielded-panel door and a fireplace with a wood surround. The attic room above this has a 19th-century boarded door. A cast-iron fireplace in a wood surround remains in the first-floor room above the bar. The roof is ceiled at collar-beam level.