The White House

The White House is a small country house dating from the late 17th century, with alterations made in the early 19th century and late 19th-century additions. It is constructed of white brick and features a slate roof, along with brick raised gables that have ashlar coping and kneelers. The building has three rear ridge stacks and is two stories tall with attics, presenting a seven-bay front range that includes late 19th-century extensions at the rear.

The southeast front has a central doorway with a moulded stone surround and an early 19th-century half-glazed door. There is a projecting two-story square glazed porch supported by tall fluted Greek Doric columns, topped with an entablature, and featuring glazed side panels and half-glazed double doors. On either side of the porch are narrow glazing bar sash windows, with pairs of glazing bar sashes further along. Above the porch is a central projecting square bay window with Roman Doric columns and a large glazing bar sash, topped by a flat 20th-century hood. Flanking this bay window are small 20th-century casements and more pairs of glazing bar sashes. All sashes have rendered wedge lintels, and above is a central square 20th-century dormer.

On the southwest front, there is a pair of half-glazed double doors in a moulded surround to the right, which once led into a now-demolished greenhouse. Above this are two stories of a wooden canted oriel window with glazing bar sashes. To the left, there is a blocked doorway now containing a plain sash window, with another plain sash above it. Beyond this is a large projecting brick canted two-story bay window with plain sashes. At the rear, there is a small oval stair window with glazing bars.

Inside, the ground floor south corner room features full-height 18th-century fielded panelling and an early 19th-century marble fireplace, while the remaining fireplaces are from the late 19th century. The attic has stud partitions, and the complete 17th-century roof structure remains intact, consisting of 32 substantial common oak rafters that are halved, jointed, and pegged, but lack a ridge board. Split purlins with pegs are found every four to five rafters at the east end, and most of the cellars and rafters display incised carpenter's marks.