The Red House And Courtyard Walls

UFFORD UPPER STREET TM 25 SE (West side) 9/155 16/3/66 The Red House and Courtyard walls (formerly listed as Red House) GV II

House. Mid C18. Red Flemish bond brick with a plaintile roof. Two storeys and attic. Road front: 5 bays symmetrically disposed. To the ground floor at centre is a classical door surround with a door of 8 panels, the lower 6 being raised and fielded and the upper 2 glazed with a panelled pedimental surround. To either side of this are C19 sash windows of 2 x 2 panes and to the first floor are 4 similar windows, all having splayed brick heads with a central arched sash window which has ashlar springers and keystone. Dentilled eaves cornice. Three gabled dormer windows with lead flashing to the sides, all having sash windows of 3 x 2 panes. Left hand gable end: two ground floor sash windows and two blank windows at first floor level and a band of 3 bricks depth dividing the floors. An extension of the dentilled eaves cornice continues across this front below the gable. Extending at left of this gable end is a 2-storey wing with randon fenestration to the rear of the house. The right hand gable end is similar. Attached at either side of the entrance front are crescent-shaped forecourt walls of c. 3.5 m in height. That at right terminating in a roadside garage. That at left extending to form a garden wall of c.15 m length.

Interior: not inspected. The property is reported as having a C16 core.

Listing NGR: TM2925052779