Former County Court is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 February 1978. Former county court.
Former County Court
- WRENN ID
- swift-gateway-thunder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Sittingbourne and Sheppey MP: Kevin McKenna (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 February 1978
- Type
- Former county court
- Address
- Former County Court, High Street, Sheerness
- OS grid reference
- TQ 911 750
- Coordinates
- 51.44199, 0.74837
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Former County Court, located on High Street in Blue Town, Sheerness, is a mid-19th century building. It stands two storeys tall and is constructed of buff brick with stuccoed dressings. The building has an asymmetrical shape, featuring a parapet adorned with a Royal Cartouche and a bracket cornice.
The front facade includes three large round-headed sash windows set within rusticated architraves that are flanked by pilasters. This central section projects from the main body of the building and is accompanied by two cambered doorcases. To the right, there is another projecting section that contains a tripartite window topped with a heavy cornice. Adjacent to this is a recessed single-storey portion with one sash window. The building is finished with end quoins and a plinth.
Local climate
Former County Court receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 15 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 9 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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