The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Ashford local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 February 1967. House. 8 related planning applications.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- last-wall-foxglove
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Ashford
- Constituency
- Weald of Kent MP: Katie Lam (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 February 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, High Street, Charing, TN27 0LS
- OS grid reference
- TQ 953 494
- Coordinates
- 51.21126, 0.79505
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a 17th-century building on the west side of Charing High Street. It is two storeys high and constructed of painted brick, with a tiled roof. The front elevation features three sash windows with intact glazing bars, including a three-light window on the ground floor. A doorcase, set sideways and approached by three steps with an iron handrail, has pilasters, a projecting cornice, and a six-panelled door.
Local climate
The White House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 27 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 8 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 8 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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