White Horse House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1978. House. 1 related planning application.

White Horse House

WRENN ID
heavy-glass-heron
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
9 February 1978
Type
House
Address
White Horse House, 5, Cuckoo Hill, Bures St. Mary
OS grid reference
TL 909 342
Coordinates
51.97399, 0.77844
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White Horse House, formerly the White Horse Inn, is a 17th to 18th century timber-framed and plastered building, faced in red brick on the south front. It has two storeys and features a two-window range with casement windows. The central doorway is topped by a recessed brick panel. The ground storey windows and doorway are adorned with stuccoed flat arches. The roof is covered with old tiles and has a central rectangular chimney stack that has been rebuilt.

Local climate

White Horse House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 26 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 72% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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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