White House

The White House is a 17th-century house originally built for a gunpowder worker, with extensions and alterations made in the 18th century. It is constructed of brick and features a right-hand brick gable stack and a steep tiled roof.

The building has a single-depth, one-room plan with an additional room added to the left of the entrance and an extended top rear outshut. It is two storeys high with an attic and has a two-window range. The earlier part of the house, located on the right, is built in English bond and includes a plinth and plat band, a door, and a segmental-arched ground-floor window, along with similar windows in the left-hand gable. The glazing is from the late 20th century, and there is a rear catslide outshut.

Historically, the White House was described in 1806 as a millman's house and was occupied by workers at the Ospringe Mill, a small 18th-century gunpowder mill that was part of the Home Mills, which the government purchased in 1759 to establish the first Royal Gunpowder Works.