The Brown Lion was one of the town's ancient coaching inns, located at the top of Buffalo Lane, just yards from the Buffalo Head Inn, although I suspect they were never open at the same time. The 1841 census image below confirms that it was already a private residence called 'Castle Cottage', the home of a Thomas Evans and his wife Eliza, located next to Ann Norton, who was running the Buffalo Head at that time.
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| 1841 Census |
The outbuildings still stand today, and would have been used for housing the coaches and stabling for the horses in centuries gone by.
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| 1851 Census |
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| 1883 OS Map |
The building dates back 600 years or so and there are no records I can find that make reference to its previous life as a pub.
It is a listed building with the following description.
SO 2880-2980 CLUN C.P. BUFFALO LANE (West side)
14/60 Castle Cottage 1.12.51. GV II
House. C14 or C15 largely remodelled in mid-C19. Colour-washed pebbledash over rubble masonry; partially timber framed; slate roofs. L-plan; 3 framed bay hall range with projecting 3-framed bay solar cross-wing to West. Cross-wing of one storey and attic; main range of 2 storeys; both with scalloped barge boards; 2 brick stacks to North-east of main range and 2 stacks to West of cross-wing. South front: 1:3 windows, lozenge-pattern glazing in cross-wing; glazing bar sashes with moulded architraves in main range, ground floor 2-light casement to right; wooden labels; half-glazed flush double doors to left in main range with reeded surround and canopied porch. Interior: Circa 1550-1600 inserted floor in main hall range with chamfered and stopped beams and joists; smoke-blackened roof timbers over hall range with V-struts above collar and gouge-made carpenter's marks. Dining room with panelled shutters and doors with Gothic details.
Listing NGR: SO2998180855
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