Red House Park Explained

Location:Sandwell
Coordinates:52.547°N -1.9416°W
Owner:Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Red House Park is a public park in Great Barr, Sandwell, England. It is named after the country house in whose grounds it was established. The park features two lakes, and an obelisk in memory of Princess Charlotte.

The Red House

Within the park is The Red House, a country house built in the 1841 for the then Liberal MP for Walsall, Robert Wellbeloved Scott, and stood in his 27acres estate. Since 17 June 1996 it has been a Grade II listed building, statutory list reference: 5/110011 (179).[1] It uses red bricks in Flemish Bond with stone dressings. It has a hipped roof with Welsh slates and brick chimneys.

Previously used as a convalescent home, the house was subsequently owned by Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council and for a while was leased to the British Trust for Conservation Volunteers. In 2015, it was sold to a developer for conversion into apartments.[2]

Obelisk

The park includes an obelisk, in memory of Princess Charlotte.[3] Having become badly damaged through age, it was restored in August 2009,[4] at cost of £15,000.[5]

Cave

The Park is also home to two small tunnel like structures known locally, and referred to on maps as, Hermit's Cave.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red House, Hill Lane, Great Barr . 2006-04-01 . Listed buildings in West Bromwich . . 5 September 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110420060156/http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/514/listed_buildings_register/735/listed_buildings_in_west_bromwich/36 . April 20, 2011 .
  2. Web site: The Red House. Friends of Red House Park. 5 December 2016.
  3. Web site: Maull . Jayne . 'Forgotten Princess' remembered at Red House Park event . Sandwell MBC . 30 June 2018 . en.
  4. Anon. 2009-08-28. n/a. Great Barr Observer.
  5. Web site: Restoration of the Obelisk . Friends of Red House Park . 30 June 2018 . en-gb.