Red Lion, Handsworth

The Red Lion is a disused public house on Soho Road, in the Handsworth district of Birmingham, England.

The three-storey building, in brick with a brick and two-tone terracotta facade, a Welsh slate roof and a polygonal corner tower surmounted by a cupola.,[2] was granted grade II listed protection in January 1985.

[2] Having closed in 2008,[1] the pub was put up for auction in October 2014, but failed to sell.

As of December 2015[update], it is unused, and is considered "at risk" by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA), and by Historic England, who placed it on their Heritage at Risk Register for 2015.

[3] It retains what CAMRA have described as:[3] a spectacular interior including floor–to-ceiling tiles in passages, ornate bar fittings, four tiled paintings, and panelled 'coffee room'... and a magnificent bar back of mahogany and gilded, painted and etched mirrors featuring Holt Brewery lettering and squirrel motifs