22nd November 1986 - See below.

Lot No. 28 in sale 2nd September 1840 of the Robert Sheriffe estate.
Tenant then William Gooch.
Sold for £520 to Lacon

March 1843 - Robert Larter, aged 51 was charged, that on 21st October 1842, he stole a pair of reins and a pair of leather driving breechings from the stables of William Gooch .
The articles were discovered at Beccles where Temple Paddle, the son of an innkeeper, had paid 1s 3d for them.
Found guilty and having been previously convicted, Larter was sentenced to seven years' transportation.

The two-seater Morris Cowley belonging to landlord Fred Colls was destroyed by fire, Sunday 21st July 1935. The fire, in a number of sheds between the Lion Inn and the Post Office, caused other extensive damage, but the public house was untouched..

As the LION to February 1947
The RED LION thereafter.

Following reopening, April 1983, new signage was installed on the house.
In April 1984 the South Norfolk District Council ordered that planning permission was required for advertising signs placed on the house, and on the verge opposite.
In August 1984, two large signs, each four feet six inches square, were standing on the verge, opposite the Red Lion, declaring "Red Lion Free House" and Fine Ales and Food". South Norfolk District Council ordered their removal. By 1st November 1984, the signs had returned to the verge. The Council again ordered removal since "they were an obtrusive element in the street scene and detract from the visual amenities of the area"
Legal action was threatened.
The photograph at the top of page appears to show the signage being replaced or repositioned.

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