THE RED HOUSE
The Red House on Golf Lane in Aldeburgh is the home Benjamin Britten shared with his partner, the tenor Peter Pears for the last two decades of his life and where he wrote many of his most famous works.
The site also includes Britten’s evocative Library, the Studio where he composed, an award-winning Archive building housing the Britten-Pears Foundation’s extensive collec- tions, and peaceful gardens. It also boasts one of the finest collections of paintings in East
Anglia.The house has been carefully re-presented as it was, based on a room in- ventory and recollections from people who knew the house at that time.
The result is a charmingly informal snap- shot, as though Britten and Pears had just stepped out for a moment. Visit the room where Britten wrote such masterpieces as the War Requiem. His desk, piano and other original items have been put back into the elegant first-floor room created for him out
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of a former hayloft next to the main house. The Library was built on the site of a disused barn to the west of The Red House in 1963. Britten and Pears entertained guests, culti- vated vegetables, and even played croquet and tennis in their much-cherished gardens. There were many important social occasions which took place here, such as the celebra- tion of Britten’s life peerage in 1976. In the summer months we welcome visitors to bring a picnic or enjoy a spot of croquet on the croquet lawn where Britten and Pears played.
In June 2013, to mark Britten’s centenary, a new home for the composer’s uniquely com- prehensive archive opened in the grounds of The Red House.
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