The Red House is a Grade II listed building in the Dacorum local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 May 1973. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Red House
- WRENN ID
- carved-cupola-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dacorum
- Constituency
- Harpenden and Berkhamsted MP: Victoria Collins (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 May 1973
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Red House, 113, High Street, Berkhamsted, HP4 2DJ
- OS grid reference
- SP 993 077
- Coordinates
- 51.75921, -0.56124
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red House is an 18th-century building located on the south side of High Street. It is constructed of red brick and features a steeply pitched hipped roof. The house has three storeys and is adorned with a wooden eaves cornice that includes dentils and modillions. There are five sash windows set in reveals beneath flat arches, and these windows do not have glazing bars. A central Roman Ionic porch enhances the entrance, complete with an entablature, modillion cornice, and a pediment. Additionally, there are four segmentally headed easement dormers.
Local climate
The Red House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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