HANDY FACTS

This house has seen several changes of use.

Originally probably a single dwelling house, it was for a period in the 18th Century, occupied as two cottages. In the 19th Century these two dwellings were joined together to become the licensed premises known as The Red Lion.

In 1928 the premises ceased to be a public house, but the last licensee Mr. J.W. Moss continued to live there until the late 1960s.

Mr. Nigel Worth and his family moved in after it became vacant, and started a major renovation.

It is a private residence today.

The half-timbered house shown, which for part of its life was the Red Lion public house, was thoroughly renovated in the 1970s. It bears a terracotta house-plate of  J.B. M.B.1631, the date is thought to mark the original year the building was enlarged, or substantially improved by John Bennett, who lived in the Old hall across the village green.