White House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Mid Suffolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 October 1987. Farmhouse.

White House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
iron-minaret-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Mid Suffolk
Constituency
Waveney Valley MP: Adrian Ramsay (Green)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 October 1987
Type
Farmhouse
Address
White House Farmhouse, Syleham
OS grid reference
TM 222 787
Coordinates
52.36156, 1.26248
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White House Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the early 17th century, with later alterations and an 18th-century wing added to the rear. The building is timber framed, with parts that are plastered and others that have been cased or rebuilt in red brick. It features a plaintiled roof and has two storeys plus an attic, arranged in a three-cell form. The windows are mid-20th century casements, and the entrance door is a boarded and battened style from the same period. Inside, the structure has been modernised, although much of it remains exposed and somewhat altered. Notable features include ovolo-moulded bridging beams in the hall and parlour, and chamfered joists in the hall. The gable end wall at the service end displays heavy reversed bracing, which is the only visible bracing in the house. The current stack appears to have been added later.

Local climate

White House Farmhouse sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 30 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 66% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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