Privies Block to East of the Limes is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. Privy block.

Privies Block to East of the Limes

WRENN ID
sunken-chamber-tarn
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
Privy block
Address
Privies Block to East of the Limes, Hook Green Road, Southfleet, DA13 9NQ
OS grid reference
TQ 611 706
Coordinates
51.41226, 0.31595
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The privies block to the east of The Limes is an 18th-century, single-storey building constructed with weatherboarding and featuring a pantiled roof. It houses a series of wooden closets, which include one or two-seater privies intended for the use of hop-pickers and other farm labourers.

Local climate

Privies Block to East of the Limes sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% 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 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 14 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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