Courts Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Thurrock local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 February 1960. A Medieval Farmhouse.

Courts Farmhouse

WRENN ID
knotted-rampart-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thurrock
Constituency
Thurrock MP: Jen Craft (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
8 February 1960
Type
Farmhouse
Period
Medieval
Address
Courts Farmhouse, Park Lane
OS grid reference
TQ 569 804
Coordinates
51.50125, 0.25996
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Courts Farmhouse is a late 14th century or early 15th century house that is timber-framed and plastered, topped with a red plain tile roof. The building has two storeys and features extensions from the 17th century and later at the rear, along with a long single storey range from the early 19th century made of red brick and covered with a black pantile roof. The south front showcases a long wall jetty and has a window arrangement of two over one, consisting of double hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. A 16th century red brick chimney stack is also present.

Local climate

Courts Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 670 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 74% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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