Brentwood County Court House
BRENTWOOD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, NEW ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207597
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1976
- List Entry Name:
- Brentwood County Court House
- Statutory Address:
- BRENTWOOD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, NEW ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-19
- Reference:
- IOE01/01005/05
- Rights:
- © Mr Lee Marquis. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1207597
- Date first listed:
- 20-Feb-1976
- Date of most recent amendment:
- 09-Dec-1994
- List Entry Name:
- Brentwood County Court House
- Statutory Address 1:
- BRENTWOOD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, NEW ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- BRENTWOOD COUNTY COURT HOUSE, NEW ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Essex
- District:
- Brentwood (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Non Civil Parish
- National Grid Reference:
- TQ 59503 93610
Details
BRENTWOOD
TQ5993 NEW ROAD 723-1/12/94 (West side) 20/02/76 Brentwood County Court House (Formerly Listed as: NEW ROAD County Court)
II
Court house. c1840. Gault brick in Flemish bond, with dressings of stucco and stone, roofed with slate. Main block aligned approximately NE-SW, of 2-storey height (but largely comprising a high single-storey courtroom), with an axial stack at each end and a stack in the NW elevation. 2 single-storey annexes on each long elevation, and a single-storey vestibule across whole NE elevation, facing New Road. C20 single-storey lean-to extension at SW end. EXTERIOR: the front elevation has 3 sashes of 4 lights with original moulded surrounds, consoles below, semicircular heads with projecting keys, and pilasters with moulded bases and capitals, all of stucco. 2 original boarded flush 4-panel doors with plain overlights, pilasters with moulded bases and capitals, and segmental arches with projecting keys. Moulded plinth. 4 rusticated pilasters; moulded stone cornice on paired stucco consoles. `Brentwood County Court' in embossed letters on frieze. Plain parapet, and standing above the centre, royal arms, painted and gilt. In the front gable of the main block is a circular recess. Low-pitched roof with parapet gables; plain stone copings. Each axial stack has a moulded stone cornice. Each side of the main block has at the level of an upper storey 3 pairs of sashes of 4 lights with semicircular brick arches. Upper part of rear gable and stack rebuilt in C20. The rear elevation of the right rear annexe (the judge's retiring room) has one original sash of 6+6 lights with a flat brick arch; it has an individual hipped roof. The rear elevation of the left front annexe has been altered, with a half-glazed door, and a blocked original aperture above with a flat brick arch. The left rear annexe is a later lean-to extension. INTERIOR: the courtroom has been altered by the insertion of a partition at the NE end, so that some original internal features are now in the solicitors' and counsels' lobby. The windows have pilasters, capitals and arches of moulded plaster. Moulded arch above door to judge's retiring room. Moulded cornice immediately below window sills, and moulded ceiling cornice. 2 transverse beams and 2 longitudinal beams, all plastered. Moulded wooden canopy on cast-iron scrolled brackets above judge's seat. The judge's retiring room has a similar ceiling cornice. All original internal wall surfaces have a recessed boarded moulding about one metre above the ground floor. Subject to an application at time of survey. August 1989.
Listing NGR: TQ5950393610
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 373510
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 09-Jun-2026 at 03:00:59.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.