Whitehouse Farmhouse and attached barn is a Grade II listed building in the Bassetlaw local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 October 1975. Farmhouse, barn.

Whitehouse Farmhouse and attached barn

WRENN ID
watchful-thatch-honey
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Bassetlaw
Constituency
Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 October 1975
Type
Farmhouse, barn
Address
Whitehouse Farmhouse and attached barn, Church Street, East Markham
OS grid reference
SK 742 727
Coordinates
53.24697, -0.88893
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Whitehouse Farmhouse and the attached barn are located on Church Street in East Markham. The farmhouse dates from the late 18th century, while the barn is from the 19th century. The house features colour washed cement render over red brick and has a pantile roof with two gable stacks; the right stack is rendered and the left is red brick. It is two storeys high with four bays. The entrance has a 20th-century glazed door, and to the left is a single glazing bar Yorkshire sash window, with two similar sashes to the right. All ground floor sashes are set under cambered arches, and there are three similar sashes above. A lean-to extension is present at the rear.

The attached barn to the left is lower and constructed of red brick with a pantile roof, featuring dentil eaves. It is also two storeys high and has three bays. There are two doorways with arched plank doors and ashlar hinge blocks under arches. To the right, there is a single wooden slatted opening under a segmental arch, and to the left, there are two slit ventilators. Above, there are two doorways with plank doors and a single central lozenge pattern ventilator, along with a lean-to on the left side.

Local climate

Whitehouse Farmhouse and attached barn sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 94% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 56% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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