Former HM Customs and Immigration Office is a Grade II listed building in the Gravesham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 July 1975. Office. 6 related planning applications.
Former HM Customs and Immigration Office
- WRENN ID
- sacred-dormer-hazel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gravesham
- Constituency
- Gravesham MP: Dr Lauren Sullivan (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 July 1975
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Former HM Customs and Immigration Office, Custom House, the Terrace, Gravesend, DA12 2GA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 651 743
- Coordinates
- 51.44376, 0.37566
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building is a former HM Customs and Immigration Office, constructed between 1815 and 1816. It is a three-storey structure with five windows facing south and three windows facing east. The exterior is of brown stock brick, featuring a stone stringcourse above the ground floor and a stone cornice and parapet. Original glazing bars are intact. The east front includes round-headed windows on the second floor. The south front has a doorway with pilasters, a projecting cornice featuring a royal cartouche in stone, and a semi-circular fanlight above the door. A prominent feature is a large five-light bow window on the north front, overlooking the river and serving as a lookout. A two-bay extension in matching brick style is present on the west side, incorporating blank windows and a Tuscan portico. A stone flagged forecourt is bounded by spear railings.
Local climate
Former HM Customs and Immigration Office 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 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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