▁variation ▁in ▁colour ▁and ▁the ▁St . ▁Joh ns ▁church ▁is ▁no ▁exception ▁producing ▁p ink , ▁rus set , ▁red ▁and ▁orange ▁br icks . ▁Lewis ▁had ▁an ▁aff inity ▁with ▁st u cco ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁of ▁construction ▁and ▁the ▁br icks ▁of ▁the ▁church ▁were ▁laid ▁with ▁the ▁anticip ation ▁of ▁a ▁secondary ▁finish ▁which ▁never ▁occurred ▁for ▁unknown ▁reasons . ▁Iron ically ▁the ▁roughly ▁laid ▁br icks ▁resulted ▁in ▁a ▁rich ness ▁in ▁the ▁fac ade , ▁adding ▁character ▁and ▁depth . ▁ ▁Dar ling h urst ▁Cour th ouse ▁ ▁Sa id ▁to ▁be ▁one ▁of ▁Lewis ’ ▁most ▁important ▁works , ▁the ▁" er ud ite ▁Greek ▁Classic ▁" D ar ling h urst ▁Cour th ouse ▁was ▁comm enced ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 5 ▁and ▁completed ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 4 . ▁Lewis ’ ▁plan ▁placed ▁the ▁court ▁room ▁in ▁the ▁centre , ▁with ▁a ▁symmet rical ▁arrangement ▁of ▁rooms ▁for ▁magistr ates ▁and ▁court ▁officials ▁either ▁side . ▁The ▁entry ▁was ▁through ▁a ▁ped iment ed ▁por ch ▁fr amed ▁with ▁Dor ic ▁columns , ▁a ▁direct ▁im itation ▁of ▁an ▁ancient ▁Greek ▁temple , ▁except ▁in ▁this ▁instance ▁the ▁Dor ic ▁columns ▁do ▁not ▁extend ▁to ▁the ▁ground . ▁It ▁is ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁pattern ▁in ▁the ▁sand stone ▁columns ▁was ▁stopped ▁at ▁a ▁height ▁to ▁avoid ▁damage ▁from ▁passing ▁traffic . ▁Dar ling h urst ▁Court ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁pur pos ely ▁designed ▁cour th ouse ▁to ▁be ▁built ▁in ▁NS