The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Telford and Wrekin local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 April 1983. A C16/C17 House. 2 related planning applications.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- sleeping-jamb-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Telford and Wrekin
- Constituency
- The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 April 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, Great Bolas, Waters Upton
- OS grid reference
- SJ 649 214
- Coordinates
- 52.78942, -2.52141
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a timber-framed house from the 16th or 17th century that has been completely encased in brick during the 19th century. It features a brick gabled crosswing from the 18th century on its west end and has a tiled roof with gabled ends. The house has one storey and an attic, with a range of five windows. The first-floor windows are gabled, and there are modern casements. Brick ridge stacks are present.
Inside, the timber framing is exposed, and there are some doors from the 16th or 17th century that are said to have been brought in. The house is noted to have been the residence of a farmer's daughter who married Lord Burleigh, later the Earl of Exeter, when he stayed at the nearby house called Burleigh under the name of John Jones in 1790.
Local climate
The White House receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 59% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 86% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 22 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 — 2 applications
- 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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