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Description: | The modern Red Lion pub replaced the 18th century inn of the same name in the 1960's when Stubbington underwent a complete transformation, the many changes in the village including new housing estates and roads. It stands adjacent to the busy bypass opposite to the new Holy Rood Church at the corner with Gosport Road.
The church was built in 1878 to replace the old church of St Edmund in Titchfield Road which was too small and inconvenient for the growing village of Stubbington. It was erected on ground donated by Montague Foster and the cost of the building, £4,000 came from public subscription. The new church would be capable of seating 550 people. It was intended for the church to have a spire but this was never built but a tower was built in 1928. The church bell was originally at Place House, Titchfield. The Delme family took it from there to Cams Hall, Fareham when they moved. It later came into the possession of Mr Foster when he purchased Cams Hall and he presented the bell to the church.
A severe fire in 1968 was used as an opportunity to modernise the interior and it is now a building that is flexible and practical.
References:
1. Emery, John. 1985. Fareham in old picture postcards, p. 101.
2. Prestidge, Colin. 1997. History of Stubbington, p. 20-42. | Format: | image/jpeg | License: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.exe?a=query&p=gateway&f=generic_sitetext%2ehtm&_IXFIRST_=1&_IXMAXHITS_=1&cms_con_core_subtype%3acms_con_text_what=copyright&%3acms_sys_group=%22sopse%22 | Rights holder: | Hampshire Library and Information Service - Hampshire County Council | Subjects: | inn building church street Montague Foster Delme Titchfield Road public house Red Lion Cams Hall pub sign Place House Church of St Edmund Gosport Road Holy Rood Church | Temporal: | start=1983-06-01; end=1983-06-30; | Source: | Sense of place SE | Creator: | Derek Dine, Hampshire County Library | Identifier: | http://www.sopse.org.uk/ixbin/hixclient.... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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