The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 April 1982. Cottage. 1 related planning application.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- idle-wall-lark
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Shropshire
- Constituency
- North Shropshire MP: Helen Morgan (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 April 1982
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The White House, Cemetery Road, Ellesmere Urban, SY12 0HJ
- OS grid reference
- SJ 400 350
- Coordinates
- 52.90949, -2.8927
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a 17th-century timber-framed cottage that has undergone later alterations. It features painted brick infilling and is a single storey structure. The cottage has two casement windows, although one has been replaced with a modern version. There is a blocked doorway and a one-storey lean-to addition on the north side, which includes a plain doorway with a wooden trellis gabled porch. The eaves are plain, and the roof is covered with slates. Inside, the cottage has exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
The White House receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 90% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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
- No sale records on file
- 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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