The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Ribble Valley local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 February 1967. House.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- knotted-panel-frost
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ribble Valley
- Constituency
- Pendle and Clitheroe MP: Jonathan Hinder (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, Downham
- OS grid reference
- SD 785 441
- Coordinates
- 53.89352, -2.32847
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a house, probably from the 18th century, which was altered in the mid-20th century. It is constructed of slobbered rubble and has a stone slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has three bays. The windows are made up of three lights with plain surrounds and square mullions, all crafted from sawn stone and likely replaced in the mid-20th century. The single-storey gabled porch, also from the mid-20th century, features a plain stone door surround. There are chimneys located on the left-hand gable and between the second and third bays. Inside, the ground floor has little of interest, except for two hardwood axial beams in the left-hand room.
Local climate
The White House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,310 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 91% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 53 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 29 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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