The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 19 July 1982. House. 5 related planning applications.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- night-jamb-merlin
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 19 July 1982
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, Station Hill, Bures Hamlet, CO8 5DD
- OS grid reference
- TL 904 340
- Coordinates
- 51.97216, 0.77055
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is an early 19th-century house located on the north side of Station Hill in Bures Hamlet. It is constructed of plastered brick and features a slate roof. The building has a double range plan facing northeast, with two internal chimney stacks and a service range at the right rear. The front facade includes a four-window range of sash windows with 12 lights, some of which contain crown glass. The ground floor windows have recessed panels below and simple architraves, while the first floor windows are fitted with external louvred shutters. A five-panel door with a rectangular light above is set within a Doric portico that has a flat roof. The house has bands at the first-floor level and below the eaves, and grey brick chimney stacks. The roof has a low pitch. Additionally, there is a three-window range of sash windows with 12 lights and crown glass on the left return wall. Inside, the house retains original high-quality detailing, including a staircase with decorative iron balustrading, doors, architraves, skirtings, cornices, and window shutters.
Local climate
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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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