Listed Building record TQ 92 NE 122 - THE RED LION PUBLIC HOUSE

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1899

Location

Grid reference TQ 9903 2855 (point)
Map sheet TQ92NE
District FOLKESTONE AND HYTHE, KENT
Civil Parish SNARGATE, SHEPWAY, KENT

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Full Description

The following text is from the original listed building designation:
TQ 990 285 SNARGATE B2080
(South West side)
437/5/114
The Red Lion Public House
23.04.1985
II
Public house, former shop and attached outbuildings. C19 facade to C18 or earlier building.
MATERIALS: white painted channelled stucco to front, red brick to rear. Plain tile roofs. Central ridge stack to front range, 2 mid-roof stacks to rear.
PLAN: 2 parallel ranges. Two bars on left extending through both ranges. Further bar (former shop) on right.
EXTERIOR: 2 storeys on plinth, hipped roof. Regular 3-bay front. Panelled doors in centre and at right end, both with chamfered jambs and cambered heads. Recessed 6-pane glazing-bar sashes, 2 on ground floor, 3 on first floor. Single storey attached outbuildings left and right. Rear range with half-hipped roof to left, hipped to right.
INTERIOR: Full-height match board panelling in front part of front, left-hand room; dado match board panelling in rear part; bar counter with vertical rectangular panels and white marble top and 4 hand pumps in a pewter housing; fixed bench seating under window. Timber and glazed full-height screen between front and back bar. Match board panelled corridor to right-hand room; glazing serving hatch in door to this room; fixed seating under window.
Now a rare example of a simple, unaltered rural public house with its fittings surviving intact.
Listing NGR: TQ9903028554


English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

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  • --- Map: English Heritage. List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest.

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Record last edited

Feb 19 2008 12:26PM