The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Swale local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 February 1976. House. 5 related planning applications.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- lesser-belfry-elder
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swale
- Constituency
- Faversham and Mid Kent MP: Helen Whately (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 February 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The White House, Sheldwich, ME13 0ED
- OS grid reference
- TR 014 561
- Coordinates
- 51.26881, 0.88623
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The White House is a house dating from the 16th century, with cladding added in the 17th century. It features a timber frame that is clad with painted brick in English bond, while the rear elevation is weatherboarded. The roof is plain tiled and has four framed bays with a lobby entry. The house is two storeys high and has a hipped roof with gablets and a central stack on the left side. On the first floor, there are three glazing bar sash windows, and on the ground floor, there are two sash windows, both with moulded surrounds. The boarded door is located to the centre left and has a moulded surround, along with a moulded flat-hooded porch added in the 20th century. Inside, the full frame of the house is visible.
Local climate
The White House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 82% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 65% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 20 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 79% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 6 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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