The White House is a Grade II listed building in the North West Leicestershire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 October 1952. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- broken-grate-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North West Leicestershire
- Constituency
- North West Leicestershire MP: Amanda Hack (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 October 1952
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The White House, Overton Road, Ibstock, LE67 6PD
- OS grid reference
- SK 408 094
- Coordinates
- 52.68143, -1.39763
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a cottage that was built in 1480 and restored in 1915. It features greystone rubble on the ground floor, with render above. The original rubble gable walls are still visible, indicating that the house has been significantly raised and now stands at two storeys. The layout consists of a two-unit plan with gable end stacks, and the doorway is slightly off centre. The casement windows likely date from the 1915 restoration. This cottage appears to be the only rubble or stone-built house in the parish and, due to its location next to narrow fields along the road, resembles an early squatter's cottage.
Local climate
The White House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
- 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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