Red Lion

An old drovers inn with a splendid public bar that is little-altered since the 1960s but appears as though it could have been like this for much longer. This small room has some old bar back shelves and in 1965 part of a former decoratively carved dressing table was added in front (other parts of the dresser are above the counter in the passage and in the lounge). The very traditional public bar has a Victorian bar counter with a copper top that replaced a Formica one in 1963; a c.1935 brick fireplace under an inglenook with a log fire, a high-backed settle and another 'antique' settle; however, the terrazzo tiled floor was only laid in 1977. The deeply rutted scrubbed table in the public bar is believed to be 400 years old. The pub was extended to the rear in the late 1960s to create a modern lounge bar (and further extended in the 1970s). This saw the removal of a tiny snug just behind the public bar. Since the hatch was added in the passageway in the 1960s this has become a popular place for drinkers. The pool room on the left was a private lounge and brought into public use in the 1980s.