Lot No. 2 in the sale by auction of the Bircham & Sons Reepham Brewery Saturday 8th June 1878. Then let to Henry Porter at an annual rent of £16. Containing :- Front Parlour, Bar, Back Parlour, WC, Cellar, 3 Bedrooms, Nine Pin Ground, Walled in Yard including Barn, Also a brick Cow House, Straw Yard etc., On the opposite side of the road 2 Enclosures of Garden Ground & a Small Pightle - The whole site being about 1½ acres - Common Right on Sall Common attaches to this house - Freehold.
Purchased by Steward.

Application for removal to new premises made 10th September 1888. Approved 29th September 1888 .
Rebuilt on the grounds opposite 1889
The transfer to new premises was confirmed March 18th 1891.

Given as the RED LION in the 1891 census.
Bullards Brewery (Not the owners of the house at the time) had made a strange request in a letter dated 18th September 1890, asking one William Hudson to change the name on the certificate from Lion to Red Lion. The letter was signed by Percy Etheridge. It appears that the house traded as the RED LION for some time.

Selling an average of 23 1/3 barrels per year during the years 1930 to 1936

Licence removed to the GREYHOUND, Sculthorpe 1952
Licence expired 7th May 1952