Red House

RED HOUSE, 7 AND 8

Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places

Explore this list entry

Overview

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1055019
Date first listed:
28-May-1987
Statutory Address:
RED HOUSE, 7 AND 8

Have you got a photo to share?

Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.

Location

Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places. 

There is a problem

Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.

What is the National Heritage List for England?

The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.

The list includes:

Icon Buildings
Icon Scheduled monuments
Icon Parks and gardens
Icon Battlefields
Icon Shipwrecks

Find out more about listing

Images of England Project

To view this image please use Firefox, Chrome, Safari, or Edge.
Archive image, may not represent current condition of site.
Date:
2006-11-04
Reference:
IOE01/14598/35
Rights:
© Mr Richard Summers. Source: Historic England Archive

Local Heritage Hub

Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.

Discover more

Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed building
List Entry Number:
1055019
Date first listed:
28-May-1987
Statutory Address 1:
RED HOUSE, 7 AND 8

Location

Statutory Address:
RED HOUSE, 7 AND 8

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

District:
Shropshire (Unitary Authority)
Parish:
Bedstone
National Grid Reference:
SO 36873 75770

Details

BEDSTONE C.P. BEDSTONE SO 37 NE 8/3 - Nos. 7 and 8 (Red House) GV II

Farmhouse, now divided into 2 cottages. Early to mid-C17 with later additions and alterations, including dated repairs or remodelling of 1819, 1854 and 1916, extended to right early to mid-C20. Timber framed with rendered wattle and daub infill (roughcast to front) on rubblestone plinth, higher to left and continued to left gable end; slate roof. One storey and attic; original house of 3 framed bays. Irregular fenestration; C19 casements to left and immediately to right of boarded door under C19 gabled timber hood, C20 casement to right of C17 part and contemporary metal casement to C20 extension; 3 gabled dormers breaking eaves, 2 to left C19 and one to right C20. Datestones "R/1916" and "R/1854" above left and centre windows respectively with inscription "B/1819" to gable of centre dormer. Framing: exposed to back wall; square and rectangular panels, 2 from high cill to wall-plate. Large external lateral rubblestone stacks with red brick shafts to left and right. C19 rubblestone lean- to to left gable end. Interior. Inspection not possible at time of resurvey (July 1986) but No. 8 [left part of building (empty at time of resurvey)] noted as having chamfered spine beams and heavy joists; corner fireplaces. h

Listing NGR: SO3687375770

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
257503
Legacy System:
LBS

Legal

Ordnance survey map of Red House

Map

This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 20:24:30.

Download a full scale map (PDF)
© Crown copyright [and database rights] 2026. OS AC0000815036. Use of this mapping is subject to Terms and Conditions.

End of official list entry

All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.

Previous Overview
Next Comments and Photos