The Red Lion Public House

THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE, CHURCH STREET

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Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1308926
Date first listed:
16-May-1984
Statutory Address:
THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE, CHURCH STREET

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1308926
Date first listed:
16-May-1984
Statutory Address 1:
THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE, CHURCH STREET

Location

Statutory Address:
THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE, CHURCH STREET

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Essex
District:
Braintree (District Authority)
Parish:
Steeple Bumpstead
National Grid Reference:
TL 67968 41088

Details

TL 64 SE STEEPLE BUMPSTEAD CHURCH STREET 2/55 The Red Lion Public House GV II

Inn, C17 and C18, extended in C19 and C20. Timber framed, roughcast rendered with facade of red brick in Flemish bond, roofed with handmade red clay tiles. 4 bays aligned approx. E-W with axial chimney stack one bay from W end, C17. Parallel range to S, C18, aspect S. Rear extension from E end with axial chimney stack, C19/20. Single-storey extensions to W, C20. Symmetrical facade with plastered dado. 6-panel door in doorcase with panelled reveals and dentilled open pediment. Fanlight with radiating tracery. 2 pairs of double- hung sash windows, 6-light upper sashes, one-light lower sashes, under segmental brick arches. First floor, 3 double-hung sash windows, 2-light upper sashes, one-light lower sashes, under segmental brick arches. Both roofs hipped. Interior of rear range has plain-chamfered axial beams with plain stops, and clasped purlin roof. Front range has transverse and axial beams boxed in. A sale catalogue of 1887, framed in the bar, describes this building as The Lion commercial inn, then part of the Bower Hall estate.

Listing NGR: TL6796841088

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Legacy System number:
114209
Legacy System:
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