Dargate House is a Grade II* listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 January 1967. A Early C19 House. 1 related planning application.

Dargate House

WRENN ID
winter-kitchen-lake
Grade
II*
Local Planning Authority
Swale
Constituency
Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
24 January 1967
Type
House
Address
Dargate House, Hernhill, ME13 9JE
OS grid reference
TR 075 619
Coordinates
51.31872, 0.97667
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Dargate House is a house built in the early 19th century, with later additions made in the late 19th century at the rear. The building features rendered brick and a slate roof, standing two storeys tall with a basement and attic. A notable verandah has a tented roof supported by pierced cast iron piers and includes a side balustrade on a moulded base. The house has a plat band, cornice, and a parapet above a hipped roof, which has a slightly projecting pediment on the right. There are chimney stacks on both the left and right sides. The pediment contains a segmental-headed glazing bar sash, while the first floor has five glazing bar sashes with shutters, and the ground floor features five margin light French windows. Access to the house is through double half-glazed doors located in the right return, topped with an elliptical fanlight and an interrupted pediment.

Inside, there is a three-flight open well staircase with a double cast iron balustrade on an open string, illuminated by an elliptical lantern. The interior also boasts a plastered anthemion frieze and chandelier boss, along with modillion eaves cornices in all rooms and corridors, moulded panelling, and dado rails. The fire surrounds are made of marble, wood, and plaster, and one front room features an open screen supported by two fluted Ionic columns in antis.

Local climate

Dargate 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 86% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 16 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 84% 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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