The Limes is a Grade II* listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 June 1967. A Medieval House. 4 related planning applications.

The Limes

WRENN ID
young-gable-magpie
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
1 June 1967
Type
House
Period
Medieval
Address
The Limes, Hook Green Road, Southfleet, DA13 9NQ
OS grid reference
TQ 611 706
Coordinates
51.4121, 0.31577
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Limes is an L-shaped house dating from the 15th and 18th centuries, with an 18th-century exterior surrounding a late medieval open hall. The building is two storeys tall, constructed of red brick that is largely covered with ivy, and features a tiled roof with a hipped south wing. The south wing has five sash windows with glazing bars on the first floor. A wide porch with a pediment above contains a doorway flanked by sidelights, a low elliptical fanlight, and a door made of six moulded panels. Inside, there is a notable drawing room from around 1770, which includes a fireplace adorned with swags, fluted columns, cherubs, and a moulded ceiling. The original roof of the medieval open hall remains intact above this room, featuring three crownposts, smoke-blackened rafters, and a doorcase with spandrels.

Local climate

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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 4 applications
  • 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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