Building record 1122000000 - THE OLD RED LION

Summary

Timber framed inn known as The Red Lion, extended in the nineteenth century and now a house.

Protected Status/Designation

  • Listed Building (II) 1288314: THE RED LION

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Type and Period (3)

  • INN (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD)
  • (Alternate Type) TIMBER FRAMED BUILDING (18th Century - 1700 AD? to 1799 AD?)
  • HOUSE (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

Grade II. Public house. C19 alterations to older building. Main block to right of whitewashed brick with toothed brick eaves, slate roof and flanking brick chimneys. 2 storeys, 2 bays. C19 3-light casements, leaded to ground floor right and outer lights of first floor windows. Central door. Older bay to left is part rubble stone, part brick and render, all whitewashed, with concealed remnants of timber frame. Tiled roof, half-hipped to left. Barred C19 casements, 2-light to ground floor left, 3-light to first floor. Small window to ground floor right. RCHM II p. 306 Mon. 3 (B1).
Formerly a public house from the mid-18th century, when John Clayton was the licensee, until the 1990s. The 1910 Valuation Survey shows it had land of 4 acres and was then occupied by Joseph Hill, and owned by the Walton Brewery in Aylesbury. [Photo] (B2).

Sources (2)

  • <1>SBC3775 Bibliographic reference: DoE. 1984. LIST OF BUILDINGS OF SPECIAL ARCHITECTURAL OR HISTORIC INTEREST. p53.
  • <2>SBC24016 Unpublished document: Marian Miller. 2011. Twyford Village, Buckinghamshire: Historic Environment Appraisal. p15.

Location

Grid reference SP 66450 26673 (point)
Civil Parish TWYFORD, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 11 2011 10:41AM

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