Placid house: Oliver Bennett enjoys ambling round Red House in Kent--19th century designer William Morris's monument to the medieval era.(The Week Ahead) Design Week | August 21, 2003| | COPYRIGHT 2003 Centaur Communications Limited. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

In these dog days, it's a pleasant experience to go to a historic house with garden complete with shady bowers and cool rooms with exquisite furnishing. So on a baking day, it was a treat to trundle down to Bexleyheath to see Red House, one of the National Trust's more recent acquisitions. Built by architect Philip Webb for designer William Morris in 1859, Red House has just been opened to the public by the National Trust. And the public is so keen that tours are booked up until late September.

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