White House is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 December 1984. House. 5 related planning applications.
White House
- WRENN ID
- lost-spindle-auburn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- North East Hertfordshire MP: Chris Hinchliff (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 December 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- White House, Hormead, SG9 0DX
- OS grid reference
- TL 390 300
- Coordinates
- 51.95191, 0.02201
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
White House is a large house dating to approximately 1848, and possibly incorporating earlier fabric. It is constructed of stuccoed brickwork under a slate roof. The house presents a flamboyant design with elaborate stucco detailing in a Renaissance classical style, and faces east. It has two storeys. The east front features a modillioned cornice and five oriel windows to the first floor, which are semi-circular with mullioned and transomed windows. A projecting central section has a rusticated ground floor and quoins. A Tuscan porch has a full entablature and an arched doorway with a four-panel, half-glazed door and fanlight. There are two round-headed sash windows with a radial pattern of glazing bars, and rectangular bay windows with mullion and transom windows to the right and left ends. A similar oriel is located on the south end. A two-storey rear wing has a slated roof, with a jettied south side. The rear wing has sash windows with 6/6 panes. The house was formerly called Bradbury House and occupies the site of an older building, being renamed in 1920.
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 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 2003
- 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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