The Red House

The Red House is an early to mid-18th century house located on the west side of Kings Langley High Street. It is a tall, symmetrical, two-and-a-half-storey, three-window house, built on a single-pile plan facing east, with a lower, hipped, two-storey service wing at the northwest rear. The house is constructed of red brick with an old red tile hipped gambrel roof hidden behind a parapet all around. A plinth and a band of brickwork, chequered with black headers, run above the plinth. The front has a moulded brick eaves cornice, and projecting end chimneys are flanked by 18th century gadrooned rainwater heads. There are three flat-topped dormers in the roof. The east front features a central round-headed sash window with small panes and a gauged brick arch, and triple-sash Venetian windows on both floors to either side. The central entrance features a six-panel moulded door with two stone steps, a round-headed Gothick fanlight, a dentilled entablature with an open pediment, and brackets with triglyphs over pilasters.