The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Southwark local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- mired-railing-magpie
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Southwark
- Constituency
- Bermondsey and Old Southwark MP: Neil Coyle (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, 155, Old Kent Road, SE1 5UT
- OS grid reference
- TQ 332 787
- Coordinates
- 51.4917, -0.08181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a building located on the north side of Old Kent Road in Southwark, constructed in 1800 by Michael Searle for his own use as a house and office, and is now used solely as an office. The structure is made of stucco and features a swept hipped slate roof. It is set back from the road and consists of two storeys with four bays, along with a one-storey, one-bay extension to the left that contains an entrance in a square-headed recess with a key. The building has sash windows with glazing bars set in plain reveals and deep, overhanging eaves. The interior has not been inspected. Historically, it was built as Searle's own house and office.
Local climate
The White House 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 95% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 98% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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