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.
The then building was purchased by the Holt Brewery in 1893 and the current building was erected for them in 1901 by the local architects
James and Lister Lea
James & Lister Lea was an architectural and property consultancy firm active in England between 1846 and 2001. Established by brothers James Lea and Lister Lea, the partnership was initially focused only on architecture. Together, the brothers des ...
.
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
The existence of a slate industry in Wales is attested since the Roman period, when slate was used to roof the fort at Segontium, now Caernarfon. The slate industry grew slowly until the early 18th century, then expanded rapidly until the l ...
roof and a polygonal corner tower surmounted by a
cupola.,
was granted
grade II listed
In the United Kingdom, a listed building or listed structure is one that has been placed on one of the four statutory lists maintained by Historic England in England, Historic Environment Scotland in Scotland, in Wales, and the Northern Irel ...
protection in January 1985.
Having closed in 2008,
the pub was put up for auction in October 2014, but failed to sell. , it is unused, and is considered "at risk" by the
Campaign for Real Ale
The Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) is an independent voluntary consumer organisation headquartered in St Albans, England, which promotes real ale, cider and perry and traditional British pubs and clubs. With just under 155,000 members, it is th ...
(CAMRA), and by
Historic England, who placed it on their
Heritage at Risk Register for 2015.
It retains what CAMRA have described as:
Notes
References
{{Birmingham Buildings
Grade II* listed pubs in Birmingham
Pubs in Birmingham, West Midlands
Buildings and structures completed in 1901
Handsworth, West Midlands