The Red House

The Red House is a large town house, now used as offices, dating from around 1800. It is constructed of red brick with rubbed brick dressings and features a slate hipped roof with wide bracketed eaves. The building has three storeys above a cellar and includes five recessed sash windows with gauged brick lintels. There is a moulded rubbed brick band on the second floor. The central entrance has an Adam-style wooden doorcase with three-quarter composite columns and an open pediment that has an enriched cornice. The door itself is a flush panel design with a radiating fan in an arched recess. On the south elevation, there are three windows, with sash Venetian windows closest to the road, and a round-headed central sash with Gothic top lights. The first floor features similar single sashes. Adjoining the southeast side is a contemporary stable block, which is a single storey with a three-window parapeted front and a wide former carriage arch.