The Red House

The Red House is a three-storey town house of 1765, constructed in red brick and located on the east side of North Bar Without in Beverley. In the mid to late 19th century, three-sided brick bays were added to the ground floor. The front features a well-detailed doorcase with applied Doric columns, a frieze carved with palm leaves and shells, and a pediment. The front door is a six-panel design. The roof is covered with pantiles and has twin gabled ends, topped with a stone coping to the parapet.

An early 19th century wing adjoins the side of the main house, featuring two windows on each of its two storeys and a main entrance door.

Inside, the central hall is oval shaped and has a moulded plaster cornice. The staircase, a unique feature in Beverley, is located to one side of this hall. It consists of cantilevered stone steps with a fine wrought-iron balustrade, a mahogany handrail, and a spiral curtail. A secondary, back staircase has a closed string, simple newel posts, and a moulded handrail. One ground floor room at the back has a modillioned plaster ceiling cornice. The majority of the other rooms were altered in the 19th century with applied plaster ornamentation. A firemark of the Royal Exchange Assurance Company is also present.