The Red Lion

Description

This information is taken from the statutory List as it was in 2001 and may not be up to date.

CHULMLEIGH EAST STREET (north side) SS 6814 Chumleigh 7/49 The Red Lion GV II Inn. Late C18 or early C19. Joint-lined stuccoed stone rubble and some cob.

Bitumenized slate roof with gable ends. Shafts of stacks demolished in C20.

Plan: main range formerly of 3 rooms, the partition between 2 right-hand rooms removed in C20, with entrance hall and straight-run staircase between the 2 left-hand rooms. Kitchen wing to rear left-hand end and small 2 storey C19 hipped extension to rear of middle room. Attached to the right end is a long lofted range, formerly the stable block, converted to form part of the inn in C20.

Exterior: 2 storeys. 4 window range. Left end attempts symmetry with tripartite sashes on each floor flanking 12 paned sash above C19 door surround with plain pilasters, moulded entablature and panelled reveals. 6 panelled door. Plank door to left of 12 paned sashes on each floor at right end. 2 loft doors to former stable range.

Interior: entirely altered in C20. C19 King post roof structure.

Listing NGR: SS6871014253

Content

This is part of the Series: IOE01/0023 IOE Records taken by Ann Allen; within the Collection: IOE01 Images Of England

Rights

© Dr Ann Allen. Source: Historic England Archive

This photograph was taken for the Images of England project