White House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. House. 1 related planning application.

White House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
sunken-lancet-rye
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Braintree
Constituency
Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 December 1967
Type
House
Address
White House Farmhouse, Cornish Hall End, Finchingfield, CM7 4HF
OS grid reference
TL 682 366
Coordinates
52.00248, 0.45006
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White House Farmhouse is a 17th-century house, altered in the 20th century. It is timber-framed, with plastered walls and a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The house comprises a three-bay range facing southeast, with a central stack, and a rear range extending from the left bay, with an axial stack and a single-storey extension beyond. A 20th-century porch is located on the left wall of the rear range. The house has two storeys and a two-window range of 20th-century casement windows. A 20th-century glazed door is present. Two panels of high-relief pargeting, featuring a foliate design, remain on the front elevation, alongside grouped diagonal shafts with a blank recessed panel.

Local climate

White House Farmhouse sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 58% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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  • Sale history — 3 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 1 application
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  • 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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