White House is a Grade II listed building in the Kirklees local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 July 1985. House. 1 related planning application.
White House
- WRENN ID
- sombre-rampart-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Kirklees
- Constituency
- Colne Valley MP: Paul Davies (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 July 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- White House, Meltham Road, HD7 5TZ
- OS grid reference
- SE 064 122
- Coordinates
- 53.60659, -1.90374
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White House is a late 18th-century building, with the western part rebuilt. It is constructed of hammer stone and features quoins, topped with a pitched stone slate roof. The building has two storeys.
On the south elevation, the ground floor includes one recessed 6-light stone mullioned window with a flush king mullion. The first floor has two recessed 3-light stone mullioned windows. The western part, which has been newly rebuilt, contains a 3-light window on each floor.
The east gable has an entrance with a stone surround and tie-stones, although this is blocked. There is also a single-storey lean-to extension.
On the north elevation, the ground floor features two 2-light stone mullioned windows, with some rebuilding evident. The first floor has one 2-light stone mullioned window and a later single light. In the rebuilt western part, the ground floor has one 5-light window, while the first floor has one 2-light window and one single light.
Local climate
White House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,020 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 51 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 93% of listed buildings. Of these, 31 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- 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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