The White House is a Grade II listed building in the North Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 May 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- stark-zinc-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Hitchin MP: Alistair Strathern (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 May 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, 30, High Street, Graveley, SG4 7LA
- OS grid reference
- TL 231 279
- Coordinates
- 51.93646, -0.21033
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a house that appears to date from the late 17th century, although it may be older. It has 19th-century alterations and a south extension. The building has a timber frame set on a stuccoed sill and is roughcast. It features a steep old red tile roof that extends down at the rear over an outshut. The north gable displays applied timbers.
This two-storey house with an attic is slightly set back from the street and faces west. The shallower south extension matches the front and eaves height of the main structure. The west front has a deep plaster cove at the eaves, with three windows on the first floor and another in the south extension. The windows are small-pane flush casement types, except for a flush-box sash window with eight over twelve panes at the left-hand end on the first floor. There are shallow canted bay windows on the ground floor.
The house consists of two cells and has a lobby entry next to a large internal chimney, with the stair located behind it. The large axial chimney rises to the rear of the ridge. The entrance features a six-panel fielded door, which has been renewed, along with a left-hand sidelight. There is an internal south gable chimney in the south extension and a two-light casement window in the attic of the north gable.
Local climate
The White House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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