The Red House

The Red House is a Georgian structure with red-painted brick walls and white stone trim located in York. The building extends across five bays with two main stories, a basement level, and an attic topped by a pitched roof.

Sir William Robinson, Member of Parliament for York, commissioned the rebuild around 1714 while preserving the basement and ground floor walls of its predecessor. Extensions added in the late eighteenth century transformed its original L-shaped layout into an almost rectangular form.

The building contains original elements from different periods, including 18th-century fireplaces, wooden paneling, cornices, and two distinct historical staircases.

Access to the building requires climbing eight stone steps fitted with early nineteenth-century cast iron railings for support. The steps may feel steeper than modern standards and visitors with mobility challenges should take this into account.

The house retains original fireplaces from the eighteenth century and features two distinct historical staircases from different periods. This mix of elements reveals the building's complex construction history across multiple decades.