NHER 11752 (Building record) - Former Red Lion Inn

Former Red Lion Inn, now Council offices.
Impressive late Georgian facade block; 17th century rear wing (now part housing).

November 1951. Listed, Grade II*.
Listing Description excerpt:
"18th century. Red brick. Low pitched gable-ended roof with black-glazed pantiles. Modillion eaves cornice. Rusticated brick pilasters; three storeys. Five windows, sashes with glazing bars, flat brick arches. Central doorway with engaged columns with Doric entablature and open pediment with semi-circular fanlight; flush-panelled door. On right, same height but two storeys. One window, sashes with glazing bars and large segmental-headed carriageway. Hexagonal-shafted brick chimney stacks at rear with moulded bases.
Rear wing: flint and brick with steep gable-ended roof with pantiles; 16th/17th century, with large brick chimney stack with diamond-section shafts.
Interior: 18th-century part contains contemporary staircase with turned balusters and round-headed stair window. The 16th-/17th-century wing at rear contains chamfered beams and large fireplace with timber bressummer."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2023.

September 1973. Building Survey.
Examined by Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England.
See report (S2) for further details.
P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2023.

1975. Photographic Survey.
Survey by NARG.
See (S3) in file.

August 1982. Field Observation.
Visited by E. Rose (NAU):
Repair work required plaster removal. Survey suggests the Red Lion continued to the east, with one open room across the carriage arch continuing further and that this end was removed when the adjacent shop was rebuilt further westwards than before.
E. Rose (NAU), 19 August 1982.

The mapped location of this record has been corrected. Previously it was erroneously located at TF 9194 2967 (resulting in confusion with the former Aldiss building, which was build in the early 1900s and destroyed by fire in 2014).
P. Watkins (HES), 20 December 2023.