Darenth Court House is a Grade II listed building in the Dartford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 March 1982. Court house.

Darenth Court House

WRENN ID
distant-rood-thunder
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dartford
Constituency
Dartford MP: Jim Dickson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
17 March 1982
Type
Court house
Address
Darenth Court House, Darenth Hill
OS grid reference
TQ 561 712
Coordinates
51.4184, 0.24417
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Darenth Court House, built around 1835, is a two-storey building with attics, finished in stucco and topped with a slate roof. It features a pedimented gable that includes a tripartite semi-circular window and a deep cornice. The façade has three sash windows with intact glazing bars and a central doorcase flanked by pilasters, topped with a semi-circular decorated fanlight. There is a plinth at the base. Inside, the building contains a niche and a dado railing. Historical records, specifically Hasted's "History and Topographical Survey of Kent" from 1778 to 1799, refer to a "good old timbered farmhouse" that previously occupied this site before the current structure was built.

Local climate

Darenth Court House 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 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 64% 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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