White House is a Grade II listed building in the Babergh local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 February 1955. House.

White House

WRENN ID
frozen-oriel-nightshade
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Babergh
Constituency
South Suffolk MP: James Cartlidge (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 February 1955
Type
House
Address
White House, Lower Street, Higham
OS grid reference
TM 034 356
Coordinates
51.98197, 0.96067
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White House is an early 19th-century house located on the north side of Lower Street in Higham. The building is rendered and features a slate roof. It has two storeys and a four-window front. The central entrance consists of a half-glazed door set within a Doric porch, which is flanked by French windows. Above, there are 16-pane sash windows. The house has a central stack. The interior has not been inspected.

Local climate

White House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 89% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 53% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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