This is the official lunch stop. This old pub has been extended at the front, probably in the interwar period, which is no doubt the date of much of the panelling and counter front. Now with four pub rooms, the two rear ones were probably relatively recently brought into service. The main bar, with its multiple doors, must have had three compartments. The right-hand side as you enter is the oldest part, retaining the old fireplace and ceiling timbers. Note also the red lion rampant in the stained-glass panel in the entrance door. It is a grade II listed building and the listing description is as follows: “C16 or C17, much altered and enlarged. 2 parallel ranges, 2 storeys, weather- boarding, tile roofs, red brick chimney stack with stepped base towards west end behind ridge of front range. To street front, 3 1st floor flush casements with glazing bars. Later wing on left at right angles; modern ground floor flat roofed extension.”

The Old Red Lion featured on the Super Suburbia, a Wealth of Styles and Periods: Daytime Crawl of Cheam, Sutton, Carshalton and Wallington on 11 June 2011, and the Super Suburbia, a Wealth of Styles and Periods: Daytime Crawl of Cheam, Sutton and Carshalton on 24 February 2018.

The WhatPub link is here: WhatPub/Ye Olde Red Lion