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Guide Price£545,000

Red Lion Hotel, East Street, Chumleigh, Devon EX18

Key Features

  • Central Inn within historic Saxon town
  • Considerable investment to celebrate the pub's heritage
  • Trades under management with ample upside to increase hours and revenue
  • Public bar and separate restaurant
  • Function suite and skittle alley
  • 4 ensuite letting bedrooms
  • Self contained unit for owner/staff use or letting
  • Customer car park and beer garden/ terraces

Description

The Red Lion occupies a central position within Chulmleigh and is a Grade II Listed public house with rooms. From the heritage listing the property is noted as late 18th/early 19th century in construction. It has many original features which creates an attractive and traditional environment, which the current owners have enhanced. The trade areas provide for public bar and break out eating areas plus separate restaurant and useful double height function suite with additional bar servery and mezzanine. With customer car parking, enclosed patio and raised terraces there are also 4 en suite letting rooms and a self contained unit for owner/staff accommodation or additional longer term letting. Presented in good order the site has been run at arms length by owners and ample opportunity exists to increase trading sessions and the overall offer under occupiers.

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Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Private Parking
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 75% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Chulmleigh Primary School402 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    226
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Kings Nympton Community Primary School3.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    17
    Type
    Foundation school
  • St Thomas of Canterbury CofE Primary School4.6 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    51
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Anglican/Church of England
  • East Worlington Primary School5.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    0 to 11
    Pupils
    75
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Winkleigh Primary School5.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    0 to 11
    Pupils
    224
    Type
    Foundation school

Secondary

  • Chulmleigh Community College480 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    735
    Type
    Academy converter
  • South Molton Community College7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    656
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Great Torrington School12 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    863
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Queen Elizabeth's12 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,096
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Park Community School13 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,408
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Spar - Lapford Cross, Lapford Cross4.8 miles
Sainsburys South Molton, South Molton7.3 miles
Spar - South Molton, South Molton7.4 miles

GP surgery

Wallingbrook Health Centre625 metres

Pharmacy

Boots7.4 miles

Hospital

Crediton Hospital12 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden58 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Eggesford Rail Station1.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Red Lion187 metres

Typical drive times

Crediton26 min · 16 miles
Barnstaple30 min · 19 miles
North Tawton26 min · 14 miles
South Molton21 min · 8.4 miles
Exeter (city)44 min · 25 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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