The White House

SJ 5224-5324 MORETON CORBET C.P. PRESTON BROCKHURST

14/81 No. 42 (The White - House)

GV II

Shown on O.S. map as Nos. 39 and 40. House, latterly divided. Mid-C17 with early C18 alterations and addition and mid- to late C19 addition. Timber framed with painted brick nogging, partly rebuilt and extended in painted brick; plain tile roof. Framing: small square panels (4 from sole plate to wall plate) with closely- spaced uprights beneath windows. T-plan; former baffle-entry house of 3 framed bays at right-angles to road with C18 wing to south and C19 wing to north. 2 storeys and attic with 2-storey wing. C17 range to right with brick ridge stack and C18 wing to left with dentil brick eaves cornice and integral brick end stack. Gable end to right with ground-floor 2-light small-paned casement, blocked first-floor window and small 2-light wooden attic casement. 2-window left-hand return with 2-light small-paned first-floor casements and 3-light small-paned ground-floor casements with segmental heads; central blocked doorway. Wing to left with ground-floor 3-light segmental-headed wooden casement to left and segmental-headed C20 boarded door to right. C19 addition to west has dentil brick eaves cornice and integral brick end stack. Timber framed gable end at rear has collar and tie-beam truss with queen struts and V-struts. Interior not inspected but described by Mercer. Eric Mercer, English Vernacular Houses, R.C.H.M., (1975), p.196.

Listing NGR: SJ5377824622