Red Lion - Stoke

Red Lion as it stood in Stoke
photo: Terry Norton 1970

The Red Lion stood in the south-eastern corner of St Peter’s churchyard in Stoke. It was demolished in the early 1970’s to make way for the A500.
The facade was taken down brick by brick and rebuilt in the Tramway museum at Crich in Derbyshire.
The Red Lion was built on the site of an earlier inn. It was not uncommon for churches to have inns close by to accommodate those travelling to the church.

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Red Lion Public House as rebuilt at Crich Tramway Museum

 The Red Lion Public House above is just one of the buildings that line the street and provide an authentic setting for the street tramway cars. 
The Red Lion stood opposite the Potteries Electric Traction Tramway Depot in Stoke-on-Trent and outlived the tramway by many years. The Red Lion was much frequented by tram staff and later by the PMT bus staff who took over from the PET in the 1930's.
It finally closed in 1973 to allow for street widening for the A500 Queensway road -  but it was carefully demolished brick by brick by members of the Tramway Society and was eventually rebuilt at Crich using original materials wherever possible and reopened in 2002 at a cost of £500,000.