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I was intrigued to read this article, but then rather annoyed. The Tudors have nothing whatsoever to do with the building in question, so why is it necessary to mention them? They even seem to be a selling point!

The building is apparently older than the reign of Henry VII, the first of the Tudor pack. The dendrochronological evidence shows that “the oldest part of the building is likely to have been made from wood cut down between 1457 and 1482”. So Richard III, at that time Duke of Gloucester and who also gets a mention in the promotion, had other things on his mind at that time than reaching for a saw in Bottesford.

The former Red Lion pub is now two dwellings, and this is where I become really incensed, because I’m afraid that the entire building looks as if it was erected a few years ago. All sign of its age has disappeared, from the outside at least. It could be on any new housing estate, which is a crying shame for a property that has such a history!

I wouldn’t know the age of the house below either. Is it new?

This next terrace is new, but has had exactly the same treatment as the former pub in Bottesford.

Can’t we do better for our genuinely old buildings than simply make them look like something from a modern housing estate???