The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 January 1987. House. 1 related planning application.

The White House

WRENN ID
upper-truss-falcon
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 January 1987
Type
House
Address
The White House, Rectory Road, Little Oakley, CO12 5LD
OS grid reference
TM 210 291
Coordinates
51.91656, 1.21276
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a house dating from the 16th century, with extensions made in the 20th century. It features a timber frame that is plastered, and the roof is primarily covered with handmade red clay tiles, with some machine-made red clay tiles at the back. The house has three bays facing northwest and an axial stack located in the middle bay. To the right, there is a large two-storey crosswing built around 1910, which includes an internal stack at the junction. At the rear, there are three single-storey extensions from the 20th century, each with different roofing styles. The house has one storey with attics and includes three 20th-century casements, as well as an additional casement in a flat-roofed dormer. The entrance features a 20th-century six-panel door. Inside, there is a chamfered binding beam with lamb's tongue stops, a chamfered axial beam that is unstopped, and chamfered joists with plain stops supported by moulded clamps. A large wood-burning hearth is plastered and faces to the right. The roof has clasped purlins that incorporate reused rafters from a crownpost roof, some of which are smoke-blackened, and the front pitch has been repaired with softwood. Much of the structure is concealed by interior plaster. This house is located in the same position as the Whitehouse Farm described by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, but it does not match the description provided.

Local climate

The White House receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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