Events Easter trail. Autumn Apple Day. Christmas event and house dressed for Christmas
Guided tours Daily tours
About this property
Red House is of enormous international significance in the history of domestic architecture and garden design. The only house commissioned by William Morris, it was designed and built in 1859 by his friend and colleague, architect Philip Webb. It was Webb's first house and was strongly influenced by Gothic medieval architecture. It is constructed with the emphasis on natural materials – warm red brick is set under a steep red-tiled roof – and there are numerous original features, including items of fixed furniture designed by Morris and Webb, as well as wall paintings and stained glass by Edward Burne-Jones. Originally surrounded by orchards and countryside, Red House is now in suburbia, although visitors can still enjoy the peaceful garden which inspired some of Morris's later work.
