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Monument details

Summary

Grade II listed building. Main construction periods 1700 to 1899

The Red Lion Public House, Blue Town, was included in a summary survey on the Sheerness docklands in 1995.

Monument Types

• SITE (Post Medieval - 1700 AD to 1899 AD)

Full description

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The following text is from the original listed building designation:
HIGH STREET 1. 5282 (South Side) Blue Town, Sheerness Red Lion Public House TQ 9175 SW 2/21
II GV 2. C18. 3 storeys weatherboarded. Parapet and hipped tiled roof. Tripartite window to 1st floor and single sash window above. C19 shopfront.
Listing NGR: TQ9117775026 (1)

In 1995 a summary on the Sheerness docklands was carried out by RCHME.This is possibly an 18th century building, though exact building date is unknown, perhaps c.1800. It was raised in height and refaced in the early 19th century. It was a public house by 1864 known as the Swan Inn and was both number 61 and 62. Currently it is known as the Red Lion Public House and only occupies number 61, 62 is a shop. It appears to be a brick and timber framed building. (2)

<1> English Heritage, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest (Map). SKE16160.

<2> Royal Commission on Historic Monuments in England, 1995, Sheerness: The Dockyard, Defences and Blue Town (Unpublished document). SWX6974.

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