The Red House

The Red House is a house largely dating from the early 18th century, with a rear section from the 17th century. The front is built of red and blue brick with red brick dressings, a plinth, and an old tile roof. It has a small brick chimney to the left of the centre and a painted dentil brick cornice. The main facade has eight bays of sash windows with three panes, set in flush frames. Most windows have thick glazing bars; the first-floor windows have segmental arches, and the ground-floor windows have cambered arches. A six-panel door is located in the third bay from the right, set within a moulded architrave and a doorcase featuring fluted Doric pilasters, a modillion cornice, and a pediment. The left-hand gable wall, beneath a carriage arch leading to the adjacent property (number 24), displays exposed timber framing in the lower part. A central, gabled rear wing is constructed of old brick and timbers. A rendered block to the left of the rear elevation has two upper sash windows in architrave surrounds and a half-glazed door with thin glazing bars. A 19th-century wing extends to the right.

Inside, the entrance hall features a wide, shallow archway leading to the stair hall. The staircase is from the 18th century, with decorative tread ends. The room on the right-hand side has 17th-century style panelling with a fluted frieze, moulded cornice, a panelled beam, and a carved wood chimneypiece with a panelled overmantel and dentil cornice. Flanking cupboards have arched tops, shaped shelves, gothic pattern glazed doors, keyblocks, and dentil cornices; the spandrels and central panel display strapwork motifs. The room on the left-hand side has 18th-century panelling, a carved wood chimneypiece with an enriched frieze, a central head, and a cornice. The overmantel features garlands and a blank shield, with two overdoors featuring garlands and putti. A room further to the left has a carved wood chimneypiece, a shouldered and eared overmantel panel, an arched corner cupboard, a moulded cornice, and a panelled beam. Rear rooms and the kitchen exhibit exposed 17th-century posts and beams. One first-floor room has a dentil cornice.