NHER 5774 (Building record) - Red Lion, Caston and adjacent cottage

15 October 1975. Seen.
Pub has plain 18th century façade but gable shape suggests earlier frame.
Cottage is thatched with high pitched roof, one gable overhanging at top.
Tiled extension to Red Lion has brick gable wall with chimney much higher than present roof. Daub walls. Cottage is
in very bad condition.
E. Rose (NAU).

(S1) gives Red Lion as ?late 17th century core encased in early 19th century. Thatched Cottage given as early 16th century hall house with intact timber frame on brick plinth; hall to east with floor inserted in 17th century; one tie beam remains in bedroom but roof an early 19th century replacement.
E. Rose (NAU) 16 August 1983.

October 2009.
The Red Lion has been closed for two years and is gradually falling into a state of disrepair.
See (S2) for details
H. White, (NLA), 15 October 2009

November 2009.
Planning application to turn the pub into housing has been refused.
See (S2) for details.
H. White, (NLA), 20 November 2009

April 2010.
Permission sought to convert two outbuildings into residential accomodation and to refurbish the pub.
See (S2) for further details,
H. White, (NLA), 22 April 2010