Casa Maria the Chantry and White House is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 May 1974. Houses. 8 related planning applications.
Casa Maria the Chantry and White House
- WRENN ID
- dim-corner-barley
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Barnet
- Constituency
- Finchley and Golders Green MP: Sarah Sackman (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 May 1974
- Type
- Houses
- Address
- Casa Maria the Chantry and White House, Spaniards End, NW3 7JG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 265 872
- Coordinates
- 51.56978, -0.17561
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Casa Maria, The Chantry, and The White House comprise two semi-detached houses, originally built around 1734 by John Turner, a wealthy Fleet Street draper. The houses were substantially rebuilt in the early 19th century as a semi-detached pair, featuring an irregular facade. Later, they were converted into a single house (The Firs) and then, in the 1950s, separated again into two residences. A third residence, Casa Maria, in a Spanish style, was created by adapting the former billiard room.
The houses are constructed of stuccoed exterior with plain pilasters. The Chantry section has three windows, while The White House has two and a three-window bay. Both sections are fronted by prostyle Tuscan porticoes. The doorways feature patterned fanlights and panelled doors. The windows are recessed sash windows with glazing bars. The houses are finished with a cornice and blocking course. The interior has not been inspected.
Attached railings are present at The Chantry. The buildings were initially listed with Camden in 1974, with The White House subsequently added to the Barnet list in 1983. Following boundary revisions on 1 April 1994, both properties are now wholly within the London Borough of Barnet.
Local climate
Casa Maria the Chantry and White House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 30 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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