Red House Park
The Red House
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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). It uses red bricks in Flemish Bond with stone dressings. It has a hipped roof with Welsh slates and brick chimneys.
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.
Obelisk
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The park includes an obelisk, in memory of Princess Charlotte. Having become badly damaged through age, it was restored in August 2009, at cost of £15,000.
Cave
The Park is also home to two small tunnel like structures known locally, and referred to on maps as, Hermit's Cave.