The White House

The White House is a house located on High Street in Watton-at-Stone. It dates from the early to mid 16th century, with parts rebuilt and extended in the 17th century, and further refronted and extended in the early to mid 18th century. The structure features a timber frame that is rendered and partially weatherboarded, with a stuccoed brick front. It has a hipped tiled roof and includes an early two-bay former cross wing to the right, which is incorporated into a larger L-shaped range. The front of the house is broad and consists of three bays over two storeys.

On the ground floor, there are entrances to the left of the centre and at the right end, featuring part-glazed, panelled recessed doors with bracketed hoods. In the centre, there is an early 19th-century flat-headed canted bay window with glazing bar sashes, flanked by outer recessed glazing bar sashes. A plat band runs along the first floor, which has a central tripartite and outer plain glazing bar sashes, all recessed. The eaves have a moulded band. The 17th-century wing at the rear left has a slightly lower ridge, with left end 19th-century external stacks and ground floor weatherboarding, along with some 18th-century brick facing towards the rear. The 16th-century wing at the rear right has a much lower ridge, a 19th-century external stack, ground floor weatherboarding, and a two-light flush frame small pane casement. The 17th-century wing extends further at the rear, featuring a ground floor tripartite sash and a first floor two-light casement. There are also lean-to and flat-roofed additions at the centre. From the 16th-century bays, a lean-to outshut and kitchen wing extend at an obtuse angle to the main range, which is one storey, rendered and tiled.

Inside, the early bays have a Tudor arched hollow moulded door frame, large bull-nosed joists from the former rear jetty, jowled posts, and a cambered tie beam. The 17th-century range contains stop-chamfered axial bearers.