Sir John Woolaston's Almshouses is a Grade II listed building in the Haringey local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 March 1951. Almshouses. 1 related planning application.
Sir John Woolaston's Almshouses
- WRENN ID
- over-tallow-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Haringey
- Constituency
- Hampstead and Highgate MP: Tulip Siddiq (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 March 1951
- Type
- Almshouses
- Address
- Sir John Woolaston's Almshouses, 13-37, Southwood Lane N6, N6 5EA
- OS grid reference
- TQ 283 875
- Coordinates
- 51.5726, -0.14896
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Sir John Woolaston's Almshouses are early 18th century buildings made of brown brick with red dressings and tiled roofs. The structure features long, single-storey wings on either side of a small two-storey central block, which has a parapet and an old tiled roof. The central block has two windows, a central door, and a round-headed niche on the first floor above a tablet that commemorates the foundation of the almshouses by Sir John Woolaston in 1658 and their rebuilding to double the number by Edward Pauncefort in 1722. Each almshouse has one window and one door beneath a modern tiled roof that is not in keeping with the original design. All openings are segment-headed. The buildings are noted for their historical significance and the central block. Nos 13 to 37 (odd) are part of a group.
Local climate
Sir John Woolaston's Almshouses sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- 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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