Building record 1163500000 - THE RED LION

Grade II. Public House. Mid C18 and early C19 with C17 wing to rear of right bay. Mid C18 part is of red brick with moulded plinth, first floor band course and moulded dentil eaves. Altered window surrounds of white- painted render. Old tile roof, hipped toright with brick chimney to left. 2 storeys, 2 bays. C20 canted bay windows to ground floor, C20 barred wooden casements above. C20 double doors to centre. Taller early C19 bay to left with angled corner is of chequer brick with dentil eaves and some rubble greensand to rear. Irregular wooden casements and sashes. Lower C17 wing to rear, of one storey and an attic, has central chimney of thin brick with 'V' nibs. RCHM I p. 65 Mons. 11-13 (B1).
Historic building recording carried out by John Moore Heritage Services between July 2011 and May 2012, before and during building alterations, identified that the wing to the rear of the right bay retained traces of a cruck frame and had originated as a hall house probably in the late 14th century. In the 16th or early 17th century a chimney was inserted and the building was considerably extended to south and west in the 17th century, and refronted in the late 18th and 19th centuries. The building seems to have been formerly 3 separate properties, one of which may also have been an ale house known as the Pointer, which is documented from the 1750s until 1800. The outbuildings to the N of the main building comprise a sigle-storey 17th century building with 18th centuries extensions and an early 18th century 2-storey building, possibly a malthouse. See report for detail (B2).