The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. A Late C17 Cottage.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- hidden-corbel-twilight
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 October 1987
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The White House, Ruyton-Xi-Towns
- OS grid reference
- SJ 395 220
- Coordinates
- 52.79272, -2.89767
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a cottage dating from the late 17th century, with some minor later additions and alterations. It features a timber frame with roughcast infill on a sandstone plinth, and the left gable end is constructed with regularly coursed and dressed sandstone blocks. The roof is covered with slate. The building has a two-cell plan and stands two storeys high. The framing consists of square panels, with four panels extending from the cill to the wall-plate, and light horizontal members dividing the top panel. On each floor, there are two small 19th-century casement windows set within the framing, with those on the first floor positioned directly below the eaves. A boarded door with a bracketed gabled hood is located to the left, and there is an integral end stack to the left with a red brick shaft.
Local climate
The White House receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 44 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 85% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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