The White House is a Grade II listed building in the St Albans local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 May 1950. House. 4 related planning applications.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- far-obsidian-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- St Albans
- Constituency
- St Albans MP: Daisy Cooper (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 May 1950
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, 103, St Peters Street, AL1 3EP
- OS grid reference
- TL 149 076
- Coordinates
- 51.75544, -0.33601
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House, located at 103 St Peter's Street, was built in 1829 and is a three-storey building with an attic, featuring three windows. It is notable for its large scale and was designed by architect George Smith, who also designed the Town Hall. The structure is made of stone and has a raised attic, likely added later, with dormers set behind a pediment-shaped parapet. The large sash windows have plain reveals and very narrow frames with glazing bars. There is an architrave and blocking course at the first floor level. The building has a projecting central porch with an entablature and blocking course above quasi-Ionic pilasters, leading up to the door, which is accessed by five steps and features a shouldered architrave. The White House is part of a group with Nos 97 to 107 (odd).
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 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- Related listed building consents — 4 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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