The Red House is a Grade II listed building in the East Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 October 1951. House. 1 related planning application.
The Red House
- WRENN ID
- gentle-landing-swallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Suffolk
- Constituency
- Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP: Patrick Spencer (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 October 1951
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Red House, the Street, Earl Soham
- OS grid reference
- TM 233 631
- Coordinates
- 52.22153, 1.26853
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red House is a house dating from the mid to late 18th century, with earlier work at the rear. It is constructed of red brick and features a plain tiled roof laid in a diaper pattern. The building has two storeys and an attic, with a symmetrical five-bay facade. The windows are sash with glazing bars set in flush frames, and there are flat brick arches above them. The inset doorway has a six-panel door, with the upper four panels glazed, and features panelled reveals, pilasters with a frieze, and a triangular pediment supported by carved console brackets. Additionally, there is a plaster cove eaves cornice and an original staircase with carved ends to the treads.
Local climate
The Red House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 7 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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