The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 August 1979. Cottage. 3 related planning applications.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- plain-baluster-primrose
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 August 1979
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The White House, 45, Lower Road, Woodchurch, TN26 3SG
- OS grid reference
- TQ 946 343
- Coordinates
- 51.07561, 0.77673
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a late 18th-century cottage located on Lower Road in Woodchurch. It is a timber-framed building, now clad in weatherboarding, with a hipped tiled roof and end external brick chimneystacks. The cottage has two storeys and two windows, featuring 16-pane sashes in flush frames. A simple central doorcase provides entrance. The building is noted for being largely unaltered and constructed from local materials, representing a well-preserved example of a late 18th-century cottage.
Local climate
The White House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 23 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 76% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2004
- 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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