Red House Museum is a Grade II* listed building in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 October 1953. Museum. 2 related planning applications.

Red House Museum

WRENN ID
south-panel-jackdaw
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole
Constituency
Christchurch MP: Sir Christopher Chope (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
14 October 1953
Type
Museum
Address
Red House Museum, Quay Road, BH23 1BU
OS grid reference
SZ 158 925
Coordinates
50.73244, -1.77621
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Red House Museum, originally built as Christchurch Workhouse in 1764, is a notable building located on Quay Road. It is constructed of red brick with grey headers, featuring an eaves cornice and a tiled roof. The building has two storeys, four hipped dormers above, and ten casement windows with square leaded quarrels. There are two doorways, each with hoods supported on brackets, and six panelled doors. The northern doorway is distinguished by a broken scroll pediment and a rectangular fanlight. The Red House Museum is part of a group that includes its Art Gallery, Picture Store, the Museum Garden Wall, and the Churchyard Walls and Vicarage, which are also associated with the group on Church Lane.

Local climate

Red House Museum receives an average of 910 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 90% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 9 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 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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  1. Garden Boundary Wall to Red House Museum Grade II 19 m
  2. Christchurch Vicarage Grade II 22 m
  3. Art Gallery and Picture Store at Red House Museum and Attached Boundary Wall Along Whitehall Grade II 27 m
  4. 1 and 2, Quay Road Grade II 30 m
  5. 1, CHURCH LANE (See details for further address information) Grade II 43 m
  6. 2 and 3, Church Lane Grade II 45 m
  7. 4, 6, 7 AND 8, CHURCH LANE (See details for further address information) Grade II 50 m
  8. Christchurch Priory Churchyard Wall Between Priory Church and Vicarage Grade II 50 m
  9. Christchurch Priory Churchyard Wall and Gate Along Quay Road Grade II 50 m
  10. 9, Church Lane Grade II 62 m