The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 June 1987. House.

The White House

WRENN ID
riven-steel-weasel
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Herefordshire, County of
Constituency
North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 June 1987
Type
House
Address
The White House, Lyonshall
OS grid reference
SO 336 555
Coordinates
52.19394, -2.97189
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a house with a core dating from the 17th century, which has been extensively remodeled during the late 18th century and early 19th century, with further alterations and additions made in the 20th century. The house features a timber-framed core with a sandstone rubble plinth and is faced with sandstone rubble and brick. The entrance front is completely rendered, and the building has tiled roofs. It consists of a range of three bays aligned northeast to southwest, with a cross-wing at the northeast end, which was extended to the southeast front during the late 1970s. There are two lateral stacks and one axial stack from the 19th century. The house is two storeys high.

On the southeast front, there are two 12-pane glazing bar sash windows on the first floor, a multi-paned window to the left of a half-glazed doorway, and a 16-pane glazing bar sash window to the left of a part-glazed door on the ground floor. A bow-fronted 20th-century extension extends to the right. The rear reveals square-panelled timber-framing of the cross-wing. Inside, the interior retains chamfered ceiling beams in the cross-wing, and there is a large fireplace with a chamfered surround, which is now partially blocked, in the main range. The building is included for its group value with The Farmhouse.

Local climate

The White House receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 60% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 47 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 25 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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