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Red Lion Whittlesford Bridge (WMPalmer pre 1924)Red Lion, Whittlesford Bridge
History of the Red Lion
Listed Building
Inn now a hotel. Early C16 with later C16, C17 and C18 alterations rebuilt and altered in mid to late C19. Timber-framed with plaster infill and rendered, painted brick, front elevation cased in knapped flint with gault brick quoins and dressings; plain tile roofs.
Parlour with carved beams and mantel, Red Lion, Whittlesford Bridge (WMPalmer)
Door in yard of Red Lion, Whittlesford Bridge (WMPalmer)
W M Palmer (1924) argues that there was no connection between the medieval hospital next door and the inn.
In 1619 King James stayed at the Red Lion and there is still a “King’s Room’. In 1631 the King granted the landlord a special licence to sell wine.
1763 landlord Hammond Turtle put his initials with date under the red lion on the sign board.
1834 Thomas Holiday, landlord. At that time a black oak table, allegedly from the hospital was in the dining room, and the font caught drips from the pump in the courtyard.
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