Number 46 and Number 48 (The Old Court House) is a Grade II listed building in the Rother local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 May 1987. A C19 Courthouse.
Number 46 and Number 48 (The Old Court House)
- WRENN ID
- rough-thatch-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rother
- Constituency
- Bexhill and Battle MP: Dr Kieran Mullan (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 May 1987
- Type
- Courthouse
- Address
- Number 46 and Number 48 (The Old Court House), London Road, Hurst Green
- OS grid reference
- TQ 733 271
- Coordinates
- 51.018, 0.4705
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Number 46 and Number 48, known as The Old Courthouse, is a late 19th-century courthouse and former police station, now offices. The building was constructed in 1892, as indicated by a dated shield below the clock turret. It is built of red brick with dressed stone detailing, brick eaves cornices, and slate roofs.
The building exhibits an asymmetrical design in an Arts and Crafts style. The courthouse occupies the right side, featuring a front gable surmounted by a clock turret capped by a bellcote. To the left is a two-storey police accommodation block, with a central, single-storey bay connecting to a two-storey section adjoining the courthouse. A single-storey wing at the rear accommodated the station cells, with a hipped end roof. A lower wing projects from the rear of the east side of the courthouse. The courthouse, wing, and entrance porch feature moulded stone copped gables and moulded stone kneelers.
A projecting central feature on the front of the courthouse contains a large window composed of three lights with stone mullions and two upper transoms, all set within a moulded stone rectangular frame with a crowning cornice. A stone panel with ogee ends, linked by a stone string course, displays an armorial shield and the date 1892. The clock turret has stone quoined battered angles and clock faces to the front and sides, surmounted by an octagonal timber bellcote with a copper ogee cap and finial.
A recessed porch, with a segmental arched head, provides access to the left of the courthouse, leading to a six-panel door with a plain fanlight. Above the porch is a two-light stone-framed casement with a stone mullion. The linking bay features a three-light casement with an upper transom and a stone head. The police accommodation block has three bays, the third projecting slightly with a cross gable. A brick stack projects from the right hand gable end. Brick string courses define a line between the ground and first-floor windows. A central doorway has a fanlight, and a two-light casement with an upper transom is positioned to the right of the doorway. The cross gable bay incorporates two-light casements on both floors, while the left side features a two-light casement and a single light on the first floor. All openings have stone surrounds.
The rear gable end wall of the courthouse has a slight projection reflecting the design of the front. The cell wing has a small window with a semi-circular arched head and an iron frame containing vertical bars. A brick ventilation stack rises from the ridge.
The courtroom comprises four bays and features braced collar trusses supported on carved stone wall corbels. The ceiling is at collar level. The windows are leadlight, with rectangular panes. The clock tower was constructed through public subscription, in memory of George Burrow Gregory of Boargell.
Local climate
Number 46 and Number 48 (The Old Court House) receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 12 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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