The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Sevenoaks local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 January 1975. A C19 House. 2 related planning applications.

The White House

WRENN ID
proud-glass-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Sevenoaks
Constituency
Tonbridge MP: Tom Tugendhat (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 January 1975
Type
House
Address
The White House, Church Hill, Leigh, TN11 8RH
OS grid reference
TQ 548 465
Coordinates
51.1969, 0.21473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a double-span house with an early 19th-century front and a likely 16th-century rear, built over a medieval cellar made of coursed stonework, with the upper parts renewed in brick. The building has two storeys and three windows, with a painted brick exterior. It features a fairly low-pitched tiled roof with eaves soffit and end chimneys. The first floor has recessed sash windows with glazing bars, while the ground floor has replaced casements set under gauged brick arches. A projecting brick porch is located under a low pedimented gable. There are hoodmoulds above the windows and the door, which has three panels. The back part of the house, which has been much altered, features a weatherboarded first floor and a brick ground floor.

Local climate

The White House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 57% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 32 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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  • No EPC on record for this property
  • Sale history — 4 transactions since 1997
  • Related listed building consents — 2 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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