The White House (Part of Finchley Catholic High School) is a Grade II listed building in the Barnet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1976. School. 1 related planning application.

The White House (Part of Finchley Catholic High School)

WRENN ID
ghost-postern-frost
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Barnet
Constituency
Chipping Barnet MP: Dan Tomlinson (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1976
Type
School
Address
The White House (Part of Finchley Catholic High School), Woodside Lane N12, N12 8TA
OS grid reference
TQ 260 931
Coordinates
51.62284, -0.18091
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House, part of Finchley Catholic High School, dates from around 1820. It is a two-storey house with a battlemented stucco exterior and five windows. The building features rusticated quoins and incised stonework, with banding at the first floor and beneath the battlements. To the left, there is a battlemented single-storey canted bay with rusticated angles, while to the right, there is a recessed two-window bay. The interior contains good features.

Local climate

The White House (Part of Finchley Catholic High School) 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 9 transactions since 1995
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
  • Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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  • 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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