The Red House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Red House
- WRENN ID
- sheer-clay-ivy
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Babergh
- Constituency
- South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1978
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Red House, Bures Road, Great Cornard, CO10 0JG
- OS grid reference
- TL 883 398
- Coordinates
- 52.02549, 0.74438
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red House is an 18th-century red brick house located on Bures Road in Great Cornard. It features a parapet and a raised brick band on the front. The building has two storeys and attics, with a three-window range that includes 20th-century casements. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door, with the upper two panels glazed, flanked by panelled pilasters and topped with a cornice. The roof is tiled and has a mansard shape, with three gabled dormers on the front and end chimney stacks.
Local climate
The Red House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 72% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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 — 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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