Red House

Red House is a house with a late 17th century core that was extended to the south in the early 18th century and given a mid-19th century facade to the east, resulting in a double-pile plan. It is constructed of red brick and features machine tiled roofs with irregular stacks, including a square 17th century chimney plinth on the rear range with seven octagonal flues.

The main front is two storeys high and has three bays, with a two-storey, three-window extension to the left. The main entrance features a central double-leaf door with glazed upper panels, set behind a 20th century glazed porch. There are unhorned sash windows with 8/8 glazing on both sides of the door, and three similar sashes on the first floor. The extension has a half-glazed door situated between a canted bay window on the right and two horned sashes with 8/8 glazing bars on the left, with three similar sashes on the first floor.

At the rear, there are patches of irregular early 18th century brickwork and casement windows from various periods. Inside, there is one chamfered bridging beam with jewel stops in the north-west ground-floor room, with the east stops cut off to accommodate the construction of the main front block. A late 19th century stick-baluster staircase is located in the front block.

Historically, this house was the home of composer Benjamin Britten and his partner, tenor Peter Pears, who lived there from 1957 until Britten's death in 1976. Pears continued to reside there until his death in 1986. The Red House is now the home of the Britten-Pears Foundation.