NHER 39605 (Building record) - 18 Red Lion Street

18 Red Lion Street.

June 1984. Listed, Grade II.
Listing Description excerpt:
"18th century. Colourwashed brick, steep pantile roof. Two storeys. Rusticated brick corner pilasters. Six bay façade. Sashes with glazing bars and flat rubbed arches. Two blank openings. Modern full-width shop front. Moulded brick eaves cornice. Chimney stacks at north and south gables."
Information from (S1).
Please consult the National Heritage List for England (S1) for the current listing details.
P. Watkins (HES), 3 February 2022.

L shaped building. High status 16th century room with fireplace north end of street block, ?shop to south, store room to rear. Grand cellars with niches, arches, access to shop and exterior. Probably a complex for storing and selling flax, or perhaps baskets as it was used for this in 19th century. Later altered around 1700. Important survival. Two pairs of shoes and animal bones found in cellar, reported as a ritual deposit.
See (S2) in file. This survey is also noted in (S3).
E. Rose (NLA), 28 August 2003.

(S4) in file gives a description but with no conclusions.
E. Rose (NLA), 30 April 2005.