Wall of the White House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1982. Wall.
Wall of the White House
- WRENN ID
- gaunt-cornice-clover
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1982
- Type
- Wall
- Address
- Wall of the White House, Water Lane, Bures Hamlet
- OS grid reference
- TL 903 340
- Coordinates
- 51.97231, 0.76936
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The wall of The White House is a Grade II listed structure located on the north side of Water Lane in Bures Hamlet. This wall runs from Station Hill, southwest of The White House, to the gateway in Station Hill, east of The White House. It is constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, featuring a simple soldier course and purpose-made red clay copings. The height of the wall varies, measuring approximately 2 metres at its tallest point and less than one metre at its lowest.
Local climate
Wall of the White House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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