The Red House is a Grade II listed building in the Southend-on-Sea local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 November 1951. A C17 House. 5 related planning applications.

The Red House

WRENN ID
sunken-brick-lake
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Southend-on-Sea
Constituency
Southend East and Rochford MP: Mr Bayo Alaba (Ind)
Country
England
Date first listed
23 November 1951
Type
House
Address
The Red House, Wakering Road
OS grid reference
TQ 942 855
Coordinates
51.53505, 0.79926
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Red House is a 17th century red brick house located on Wakerling Road in South Shoebury. Built around 1673, it has an L-shaped plan with wings extending to the west and south. The house has two storeys and features casement windows. A raised brick band runs between the storeys. The south wing has a stopped gable end with a brick panel that includes a dentilled pediment, the initials M over FR, two hearts, and the date 1673. The roof is tiled and hipped at the north end.

Local climate

The Red House receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 81% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
  • Related listed building consents — 5 applications
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Radon risk assessment
  • Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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