[5] The Britten-Pears Foundation reinstated Britten's grand piano to the first-floor studio in the Red House grounds as part of a £4.7 million restoration project in 2013.

[7] The Foundation promotes Britten and Pears' music legacy, and the buildings and grounds at The Red House serve this end, being open to the public and the setting for an archive of Britten's work, exhibition spaces, and a centre for music research.

[8] The Foundation also manages the house and the associated art collection, including sculpture by Geoffrey Clarke and Georg Ehrlich.

[9] The original farmhouse was constructed of red brick, on a timber frame in the late 17th century.

[2] Further extensions were made in the twentieth century during Britten's ownership,[3] and subsequently by the Britten-Pears Foundation.