Description

RAVENHURST STREET
1. Highgate B17
5104 Nos 35 to 38 (consec)
(The Lodge) and Lench's
Trust Almshouses
(Nos 1 to 36 (consec))
(formerly listed as Nos
35 to 38 (consec) Lenches
Trust Almshouses and Lodge)
under Camp Hill)

SP 0885 NWt 53/14 18.3.76
II
2.
Dated 1849, an almshouse close of red brick with atone dressings, in a Jacobean
style. Designed by J H Hornblower and Haylock - similar to the same architects
almshouses in Ladywood. To the street a symmetrical composition of central
matron's lodge and flanking walls linking with gable ends of 2 wings stretching
back south to form close. Doorways in flanking wall either side of matron's
lodge. The latter is of 2 storeys and attic with ogee shaped gable. Gabled
ends of wings richly decorated with tripartite panels containing inscription,
surmounted by chimney stacks. Matron's lodge has 3-light mullioned window
with drip mould, to ground floor. Moulded capping to flanking screen walls
carried over gable ends of wings as stringcourse. Within the close, the wings
present 3 bay elevations to the central lawn with the south closed by a pair
with centre break. Each 3 bay elevation contains 3 almshouse units. Two storeys
red brick. Tiled roofs with eaves cornice; cresting tiled and stepped chimney
stacks on ridges. Two light small toned casement windows. Entrances to internal
porches have 4-centred arches with drip moulds. The close elevation of the
matron's lodge has a 2 storey canted bay with small parted casement lights
and 3-light attic casement with drip mould surmounted by shaped gable.

Listing NGR: SP0823985702

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26340549

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: South and West (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  The Listed Buildings and Other Principal Structures at the Royal Gunpowder Mills Waltham Abbey
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  Harrow on the Hill: A photographic portrayal of listed buildings and structures (Historic Buildings Picture Guides)
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  Pioneers of Modern Design: From William Morris to Walter Gropius (Penguin Art & Architecture)
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  Wiltshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)