Church of St John the Baptist, Chipping Barnet
Historic site · Chipping Barnet, England
The Church of St John the Baptist crowns the ascent up Barnet Hill at the junction of Wood Street and High Street, Chipping Barnet, EN5 5SN, and is Grade II* listed as NHLE 1359101. It is an active parish church. No source states its opening hours, so none are given here.
History
The Grade II* listing was made on 1 February 1950 and amended 7 April 1983. Tudor Hall, on Wood Street, is Grade II listed, NHLE 1286564, listed 7 April 1983 and entered as TUDOR HALL (PART OF BARNET COLLEGE OF FURTHER EDUCATION); it was the original schoolroom of Queen Elizabeth's School, founded in 1573 by Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and others in the name of Queen Elizabeth I, and it is now part of Barnet and Southgate College and not generally open. Twenty-nine National Heritage List entries fall within 400 m of the church, twenty-eight of them Grade II, among them the Jesus Hospital or Ravenscroft Cottages almshouses, NHLE 1192624, Garrett's Almshouses, NHLE 1064809, the Church House, NHLE 1192592, the Mitre public house, NHLE 1287050, the former Victoria Maternity Hospital, NHLE 1192582, and the Coroner's Court, NHLE 1391752. Church and hall both stand in the Wood Street conservation area, designated by the London Borough of Barnet in 1969 and extended in July 2007. High Barnet Underground Station is 479 m away.
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Wood Street at High Street, Chipping Barnet, Barnet EN5 5SN
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