Building record 1899/0/8 - The Red Lion, Tarvin

<1> English Heritage, 2005, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest, 55764 (Digital Archive). SCH4666.

Formerly inn, now public house: mid eighteenth century with mid nineteenth century alterations. Chipped and rendered red brick. Welsh slate roof, hipped at one end. Two brick chimneys. Developed from single-pile to L-shaped plan. Three-storey, nearly symmetrical three-bay front. Plastered plinth, plain pilaster and sill bands at first floor. Ground storey has a three-light wooden casement with glazing bars, and a larger window with simple wooden architraves. Central plain doorcase with six-panelled door (two glazed). Above are flush twelve and six-pane sashes with heavy glazing bars in simple architraves. Interior: has inglenook fireplace in lounge bar, and exposed ceiling beams. Staircase from first to second floor has column newels and balusters, the landing has a crisscross balustrade (see Hamilton House (q.v.) opposite). Some nineteenth century four and six-panelled pine doors.

<2> See map for surveyor, c.1837-51, Cheshire Tithe Maps and Awards, EDT 385/2, 1838 (Maps and Plans). SCH3266.

This map depicts the inn and describes it as the Red Lion Public House and yard.

<3> Ordnance Survey, 1871-1882, Ordnance Survey County Series (Epoch 1) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4966, 1875 (Maps and Plans). SCH2462.

This map depicts the inn and labels it the Red Lion Inn.

<4> Ordnance Survey, 1909-1912, Ordnance Survey Second Revision County Series (Epoch 3) 25 inch to 1 mile - Cheshire, SJ4966, 1910 (Maps and Plans). SCH4361.