Red House is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. A Post-medieval House. 2 related planning applications.
Red House
- WRENN ID
- muffled-flint-tide
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Period
- Post-medieval
- Address
- Red House, Mill Road, Burston and Shimpling, IP22 5TW
- OS grid reference
- TM 137 832
- Coordinates
- 52.40538, 1.14045
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Red House is a 17th to 18th century house located on Mill Road in Burston. The building features a timber frame that has been encased in brick during the 20th century. The east end of the house likely dates from the 18th century. It has a black glazed pantile roof with gabled ends and a large central brick chimney stack. The house is two storeys high and has 19th century casement windows. A modern brick porch has been added in front of the chimney stack, and there is a later lean-to extension at the rear. Inside, the west end includes a chamfered ceiling beam and chamfered joists.
Local climate
Red House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 60% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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