Black Bull Figure Outside the Ravenscourt Arms Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Hammersmith and Fulham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 May 1970. Public house, monument. 1 related planning application.
Black Bull Figure Outside the Ravenscourt Arms Public House
- WRENN ID
- patient-render-nettle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Hammersmith and Fulham
- Constituency
- Hammersmith and Chiswick MP: Andy Slaughter (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 May 1970
- Type
- Public house, monument
- Address
- Black Bull Figure Outside the Ravenscourt Arms Public House, King Street W6
- OS grid reference
- TQ 223 786
- Coordinates
- 51.49319, -0.23863
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
A black bull figure is located on a plinth outside the Ravenscourt Arms Public House. This figure, likely from the 19th century, is made of stone and painted black. It was formerly the sign of the Black Bull Inn in Holborn, which was demolished in 1904, as noted on the plinth. The bull is mentioned by Charles Dickens in his novel "Martin Chuzzlewit."
Local climate
Black Bull Figure Outside the Ravenscourt Arms Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 93% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 51% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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