Red Lion | |
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General information | |
Status | Disused |
Type | Public house |
Address | 270, Soho Road, Handsworth |
Town or city | Birmingham |
Country | England |
Coordinates | 52°30′15″N 1°56′17″W / 52.504173°N 1.937968°W |
Completed | 1901 |
Client | Holt Brewery |
Designations | Grade II listed |
The Red Lion is a disused public house on Soho Road, in the Handsworth district of Birmingham, England.
A pub has stood on the site since 1829. [1] The then building was purchased by the Holt Brewery in 1893 and the current building was erected for them in 1901 [a] by the local architects James and Lister Lea. [1] It was taken over by Ansells on their acquisition of Holt in 1934.
The three-storey building, in brick with a brick and two-tone terracotta facade, a Welsh slate roof and a polygonal corner tower surmounted by a cupola., [2] was granted grade II listed protection in January 1985. [2]
Having closed in 2008, [1] the pub was put up for auction in October 2014, but failed to sell. As of December 2015 [update], it is unused, and is considered "at risk" by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), and by Historic England, who placed it on their Heritage at Risk Register for 2015. [3] It retains what CAMRA have described as: [3]
a spectacular interior including floor–to-ceiling tiles in passages, ornate bar fittings, four tiled paintings, and panelled 'coffee room'... and a magnificent bar back of mahogany and gilded, painted and etched mirrors featuring Holt Brewery lettering and squirrel motifs