Burton Stephen Ravenscroft was born in Kensington, London, England in September 1875 and was articled to A. J. Gordon of Brown & Gordon from 1892 to 1894. He worked as an assistant to Edward Burgess; to Alfred Walter Saxon Snell (1860-1949); to Charles William Bevis (1864-?); in H. M. Office of Works; and to Robert John Thomson (1864-1937). Ravenscroft was architect to Southdown and East Grinstead Breweries in 1898-99. In 1899 he commenced independent practice as an architect in East Grinstead, Sussex. From 1900 he was employed as an assistant to Ernest Augustus Runtz (1850-1913) and George McLean Ford (1867-1921) of Runtz & Ford in London. He was elected a Licentiate of the Royal Institute of British Architects (LRIBA) in 1911.
Ravenscroft's name doesn't appear in the Kalendar of The Royal Institute of British Architects after the 1913-14 edition.
His address was given as Spa Road, Croydon, Surrey in 1891; 17, Poole Road, Hackney, London in 1901; 93. Chancery Lane, London and 62, Broxholm Road, West Norwood in 1911 and 1914; and The Mead, Ottinge, Lyminge, Kent in 1936. He died in Elham, Kent on 2 February 1936.
Various licensed and brewery premises, as architect to Southdown and East Grinstead Breweries, Ltd.; residences, Greville Place, Maida Vale, and Denbigh Gardens, Richmond; saloon, "Surprise" P.H., Vauxhall Bridge Road; Lock Factory, Hobbs, Hart & Co., Islington; Soap Factory, "P.M.P". Co., Willesden; Electric Show Room, Holborn Viaduct; Portman Rooms, Baker Street, W. — alterations and decorations throughout to large and small ball refreshment rooms,
Directory of British Architects 1834-1914. Compiled by Antonia Brodie, et al. Volume 2: L-Z. London; New York: British Architectural Library, Royal Institute of British Architects/Continuum, 2001