White House

The White House is a late 17th century house that features a street facade from the late 18th or early 19th century and an early 19th century rear wing. It stands two storeys high with attics and has a stair turret at the rear. The building is constructed of local brick, which is painted and rendered on the street facade. It has substantial internal timber-framed trusses and a plain tile roof with parapet gables and end stacks. The roof of the rear wing is shallow pitched and slated. There is a modillioned eaves cornice, three flat-roofed dormer windows with modern casements, and six recessed first floor hung sash windows with glazing bars in moulded wooden frames. Two similar windows flank each side of the doorway, which is approached by two stone steps. The entrance features a six-panelled door with a webbed fanlight set in a round-headed arch, surrounded by a doorcase with panelled reveals, panelled pilasters, and dentil enrichment to a broken triangular pediment. Inside, part of the original late 17th century staircase remains at the attic level, while the three lower flights have been replaced by an early 19th century staircase. There is a complete panelled room to the north-west, a sealed inglenook hearth in the kitchen, and a 17th century slatted cellar door. The original roof trusses are still intact. An attached early 19th century stable block made of local brick forms the boundary range to the north-west.