Red Lion, Handsworth

Public house in Birmingham, England

52°30′15″N 1°56′17″W / 52.504173°N 1.937968°W / 52.504173; -1.937968Completed1901 (1901)ClientHolt BreweryDesignationsGrade 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

Notes

^ At which time Handsworth was still part of Staffordshire; it did not become part of Birmingham until 1911

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Birmingham, Handsworth, Red Lion". Historic Pub Interiors. Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1276278)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 21 December 2015.
^ ^a ^b "Pubs in Peril". Historic Pub Interiors. Campaign for Real Ale. Retrieved 21 December 2015.

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