Jesus Hospital or Ravenscroft Cottages is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 1 February 1950. Almshouse. 3 related planning applications.
Jesus Hospital or Ravenscroft Cottages
- WRENN ID
- eastward-span-sepia
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 1 February 1950
- Type
- Almshouse
- Address
- Jesus Hospital or Ravenscroft Cottages, 62-72, Wood Street
- OS grid reference
- TQ 242 964
- Coordinates
- 51.65331, -0.20502
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The building comprises a group of cottages, originally founded circa 1679 as the Jesus Hospital or Ravenscroft Cottages for "six poor ancient women of Barnet" by John Ravenscroft. It was later altered and largely rebuilt in the late 19th century. The construction is brick with stone dressings and a tiled roof. It features casement windows, plain doors, and tall chimneys. Surviving elements from the original 17th-century building include a central archway, a plaque, and a pedimented gable. Gate piers bear carved stones marked 'JR' and '1679'.
Local climate
Jesus Hospital or Ravenscroft Cottages 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 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 54% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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