The Red House
It was in the year 1841 that Mr Robert Wellbeloved Scott, of Stourbridge, built the Red House on this estate of 27 acres.
At it sale in 1920 the accommodation comprised:
- On the Second Floor, four bedrooms,
- On the first floor, approached by three staircases, one of which is a handsome one of stone, seven Bedrooms, w.c.'s, three Bedrooms in wing and Bathroom.
- On the ground floor, large Entrance Hall; Matrons Room; Playroom (about 20ft by 18ft); Dining Room (29ft 9ins by 17ft 6ins), with small room adjoining, used as Nurses’ Dining Room, Children’s Cloak Room, w.c., lavatory basin (hot and cold).
Domestic accommodation comprises good kitchen with range, Scullery with sink (hot and cold), Servants Hall, China Pantry with sink (hot and cold), Storeroom, two Larders, Cellars
There is a paved Yard with knife House, w.c.’s, and Laundry, Stable Yard with two large Coach-houses, two-stall Stable with Loose Box with lofts over, and Caretaker’s Cottage.
A small Farmery, consisting of Stable, four-tie Cowhouse, Fowlhouses, Calf Pen, Pigstyes etc and large walled Kitchen Garden.
There were extensive undulating picturesque Pleasure Grounds and Park with Woods and Spinneys, large Pool with Boat-house and Hermit’s Cave. In the Park is a monument erected to Princess Charlotte.
The House is approached from Hill Lane and by a well-timbered drive from the Newton Road.
The whole property had an area of 26 acres 1 rood 23 perches.
In the 1970s a squash court was built, this and the "Jumping Jacks" building are due to be demolished soon.
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