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'''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==
thumb|right|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 {{convert|27|acre|ha|sing=on}} estate. Since 17 June 1996 it has been a Grade II listed building, statutory list reference: 5/110011 (179).<ref name="Listed">{{cite web|url=http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/514/listed_buildings_register/735/listed_buildings_in_west_bromwich/36 |title=Red House, Hill Lane, Great Barr |date=2006-04-01 |work=Listed buildings in West Bromwich |publisher=Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council |accessdate=5 September 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110420060156/http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/info/514/listed_buildings_register/735/listed_buildings_in_west_bromwich/36 |archivedate=April 20, 2011 }}</ref> It uses red bricks in Flemish bond with stone dressings. It has a hipped roof with Welsh slates and brick chimneys.<ref name="Listed" />
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.<ref name="TRH">{{cite web|url=http://www.b43.co.uk/red/index.php/the-red-house|title=The Red House|publisher=Friends of Red House Park|accessdate=5 December 2016}}</ref>
==Obelisk==
thumb|Plaque at the base of the obelisk
The park includes an obelisk, in memory of Princess Charlotte.<ref name="SMBC-FP">{{cite web |last1=Maull |first1=Jayne |title='Forgotten Princess' remembered at Red House Park event |url=http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/news/article/4437/forgotten_princess_remembered_at_red_house_park_event |publisher=Sandwell MBC |accessdate=30 June 2018 |language=en |archive-date=30 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630213923/http://www.sandwell.gov.uk/news/article/4437/forgotten_princess_remembered_at_red_house_park_event |url-status=dead }}</ref> Having become badly damaged through age, it was restored in August 2009,<ref>{{cite journal|last=Anon|date=2009-08-28|title=n/a|journal=Great Barr Observer}}</ref> at cost of £15,000.<ref name="RotO">{{cite web |title=Restoration of the Obelisk |url=http://www.b43.co.uk/red/index.php/projects/restoration-of-the-obelisk |publisher=Friends of Red House Park |accessdate=30 June 2018 |language=en-gb}}</ref>
==Cave== The Park is also home to two small tunnel like structures known locally, and referred to on maps as,{{citation needed|date=June 2018}} Hermit's Cave.
== References == {{reflist}}
==External links== *[http://www.redhousepark.org.uk Friends of Red House Park ]
Category:Country houses in the West Midlands (county) Category:Grade II listed buildings in the West Midlands (county) Category:Great Barr