Red House is a Grade I listed building in the Bexley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 May 1950. A C19 House. 7 related planning applications.
Red House
- WRENN ID
- winter-timber-dust
- Grade
- I
- Local Planning Authority
- Bexley
- Constituency
- Bexleyheath and Crayford MP: Daniel Francis (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- Red House, Red House Lane, DA6 8JF
- OS grid reference
- TQ 481 750
- Coordinates
- 51.45545, 0.13031
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Red House is a Grade I listed building located on Red House Lane in Bexleyheath. Built in 1859, it was designed by Philip Webb as his first commission for William Morris, who resided there until 1864. This moderately sized L-shaped structure features two storeys and showcases a picturesque design in the simplified Gothic style, reminiscent of the domestic work of architects Street and Butterfield. The building is constructed of red brick and has a hipped tiled roof.
The north front includes a gabled, two-storey porch, while an oriel window on the west side illuminates the main room on the first floor. A staircase tower is positioned at the angle of the building, topped with a pointed roof and finials. The windows are primarily sliding sash, arranged singly and in pairs, with cambered heads beneath relieving arches. The upper floor features casements with circular leaded lights.
The interior of Red House remains almost unaltered, retaining important fixed cupboards, a settle, and other furnishings, some of which display painted decoration by Burne-Jones and others.
Local climate
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 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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
- Sale history — 23 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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