The Red House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 June 1985. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Red House
- WRENN ID
- vacant-keystone-gorse
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Somerset
- Constituency
- Bridgwater MP: Sir Ashley Fox (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 June 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Red House, 28, High Street, Cannington, TA5 2HE
- OS grid reference
- ST 254 396
- Coordinates
- 51.15095, -3.06687
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Red House is a late 18th-century house located on the north side of High Street in Cannington. It is constructed from coursed and squared red sandstone rubble, with emphasised chamfered quoins. The roof is double Roman tile, with a crested ridge, coped verges, and two 19th-century box dormers. Brick stacks with moulded caps are at the ends of the building.
The symmetrical frontage has two storeys and an attic, with five bays. It features 12-pane sash windows set nearly flush to the wall, with exposed sash boxes. The windows are framed by emphasised voussoirs with a prominent triple keystone above. The central doorway is set within an eared and moulded architrave, also with a triple keystone. A pediment supported by brackets sits above the door, and a later heraldic shield is set into the tympanum. The door itself is a 6-panelled design, with the top two panels glazed.
The principal ground floor rooms retain contemporary fireplaces and window shutters, and there is a contemporary staircase to the rear of the house.
Local climate
The Red House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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 — 4 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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