The Old Courthouse is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 October 1973. Courthouse. 1 related planning application.
The Old Courthouse
- WRENN ID
- open-merlon-summer
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Uttlesford
- Constituency
- North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 October 1973
- Type
- Courthouse
- Address
- The Old Courthouse, Chapel Hill, Stansted Mountfitchet, CM24 8AE
- OS grid reference
- TL 511 249
- Coordinates
- 51.90271, 0.19535
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Old Courthouse is a mid-19th century building of 1854, originally built as the Stansted Central Hall to house the Stansted Literary Institute (1849-92). From 1871 to 1892, it also served as the local Post Office. In 1931, it was sold to the Parochial Church Council, and later in 1969, it was re-sold to become The Supreme Ballroom.
The building has a single-storey facade leading to a two-storey block at the rear. The front features a tetrastyle Ionic portico with plain, half-round columns, a frieze, a dentilled cornice, and a pediment. A central double door, consisting of eight panels, is topped by a rectangular fanlight. Above the door is a panel displaying the date 1854. The doorway has a moulded architrave, flanked by large double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, set within moulded architraves and slightly raised aprons. Access is provided by three stone steps. The front cornice extends along the east and west sides as an eaves cornice. The rear block has a variety of sash and casement windows, all with glazing bars.
Local climate
The Old Courthouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 21 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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