Listed Building record MDO15898 - Red House Museum, Quay Road, Christchurch

1764. Originally built as Christchurch Workhouse. Red brick with grey headers, eaves cornice and tiled roof. 2 storeys with 4 hipped dormers above, 10 windows casements with square leaded quarrels, 2 doorways with hoods supported on brackets. 6 panelled doors. Northern doorway has broken scroll pediment and rectangular fanlight.

1764. Originally built as Christchurch Workhouse. Red brick with grey headers, eaves cornice and tiled roof. 2 storeys with 4 hipped dormers above, 10 windows casements with square leaded quarrels, 2 doorways with hoods supported on brackets. 6 panelled doors. Northern doorway has broken scroll pediment and rectangular fanlight.

Red House Museum, Grade 2*. Built in 1764 of red brick with a tiled roof, and of two storeys. Built originally as the parish workhouse, it is now a museum. (2-3)

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey Map 1:1250, 1969 (Map). SWX1844.

The Red House Museum (NAT)

<2> Pevsner, N and Lloyd, D, 1973, Buildings of England: Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, 178-9 (Monograph). SWX3503.

<3> DOE (HRR), 1976, List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest: Borough of Christchurch 1976, 85 (Scheduling record). SWX4475.

<4> National Record of the Historic Environment, 458698 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Nov 23 2023 5:42PM