White House is a Grade II listed building in the Uttlesford local planning authority area, England. House. 2 related planning applications.

White House

WRENN ID
riven-sandstone-lark
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Uttlesford
Constituency
North West Essex MP: Mrs Kemi Badenoch (Con)
Country
England
Type
House
Address
White House, Smith's Green, Takeley
OS grid reference
TL 565 211
Coordinates
51.86734, 0.27243
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a 17th-century house that is timber framed and plastered, featuring a hipped roof covered with red plain tiles. It has two storeys and an L-shaped plan. The east front displays a three-window range with modern casements, while the original two-window range has 18th-century double-hung vertical sliding sashes with glazing bars. A red brick chimney stack from the 17th century is also present. Additionally, there is a modern lean-to extension on the east front.

Local climate

White House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 89% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 55% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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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