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The Red House, Aldeburgh

Britten Pears Arts

Open to the public

Historic house or home in Suffolk

155 artworks

Part of Britten Pears Arts

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The Red House in Aldeburgh is the former home of Benjamin Britten and Peter Pears and is lovingly preserved and open to all. It cares for the collections left by the two men, including their Archive which holds an extraordinary wealth of material richly documenting their lives. The site is surrounded by a five-acre garden offering a peaceful setting to this beautiful corner of Suffolk.

Golf Lane, Aldeburgh, Suffolk IP15 5PZ England

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Artworks

  • The Initiation: Boomerang Figure
    The Initiation: Boomerang Figure Sidney Nolan (1917–1992)
    The Red House, Aldeburgh
  • Open Window by Moonlight (Night Window)
    Open Window by Moonlight (Night Window) Mary Potter (1900–1981)
    The Red House, Aldeburgh
  • Shingle Street
    Shingle Street John Piper (1903–1992)
    The Red House, Aldeburgh
  • A Winter Scene
    A Winter Scene Duncan Grant (1885–1978)
    The Red House, Aldeburgh
  • Peter Grimes – Costume Design
    Peter Grimes – Costume Design Kenneth Green (1905–1986)
    The Red House, Aldeburgh
  • Portland Foreshore
    Portland Foreshore John Piper (1903–1992)
    The Red House, Aldeburgh
  • Aldeburgh Church
    Aldeburgh Church John Piper (1903–1992)
    The Red House, Aldeburgh
  • 148 more

Artists

  • Coventry Cathedral, 15 November, 1940
    John Piper (1903–1992)
  • Satan Smiting Job with Sore Boils
    William Blake (1757–1827)
  • Cat
    Josef Scharl (1896–1954)
  • The Hay Wain
    John Constable (1776–1837)
  • Ginette Neveu (1919–1949)
    Raymond Mason (1922–2010)
  • Jugendlicher Reiter (Young Rider)
    Hermann Blumenthal (1905–1942)
  • Marion Thorpe (1926–2014)
    Jane Hamilton (b.1950)
  • The Fortune Teller
    Robert Colquhoun (1914–1962)
  • Fowler
    Giambologna (1529–1608)
  • Iron Man
    Maurice Juggins (1934–2014)

Stories

Venues in Suffolk

  •
    Beccles and District Museum
  • Bungay Museum
  • Bury St Edmunds Guildhall
  • Bury St Edmunds Record Office
  • Christchurch Mansion
  • Dunwich Museum
  • Felixstowe Museum
  • Food Museum
  • Gainsborough's House
  • Halesworth and District Museum