Red House Park
View across the park, with the Princess Charlotte memorial obelisk in the distance
LocationSandwell
Nearest city
Coordinates52°32′49″N 1°56′30″W / 52.547026°N 1.941555°W / 52.547026; -1.941555
Owned bySandwell 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

The Red House pictured in 2007.

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 27-acre (11 ha) 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.[1]

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

Plaque at the base of the 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.

References

  1. 1 2 "Red House, Hill Lane, Great Barr". Listed buildings in West Bromwich. Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council. 1 April 2006. Archived from the original on 20 April 2011. Retrieved 5 September 2011.
  2. ↑ "The Red House". Friends of Red House Park. Retrieved 5 December 2016.
  3. ↑ Maull, Jayne. "'Forgotten Princess' remembered at Red House Park event". Sandwell MBC. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
  4. ↑ Anon (28 August 2009). "n/a". Great Barr Observer.
  5. ↑ "Restoration of the Obelisk". Friends of Red House Park. Retrieved 30 June 2018.
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