The White House

This is a house, originally a lodge to Oakhill, built around 1820. It was extended and re-windowed around 1850, with further additions in the 20th century. The house is stuccoed with a tiled roof and brick stacks. The plan is long and rectangular, originally four rooms wide and single depth. The arrangement in the 1820s may have been three rooms wide, forming the three existing rooms at the south, each heated by a rear lateral stack. A north end room was added around the mid-19th century, likely concurrent with the re-fenestration. The present entrance arrangement, leading into the northernmost room, dates from the same period. A small, unheated block was added to the rear of this room in the early 20th century, and a 1980s addition wraps around the northwest corner. The main block is three storeys and a half-basement high, while the north end addition is two storeys high. The roof is hipped at the ends. The asymmetrical front has three bays, with one window on the addition. Three mid-19th century canted bays extend from the second floor down to the basement on the left side, with long, small-pane casements, margin glazing, and high transoms on the ground floor windows. A gabled porch on posts, which post-dates the window above it, includes steps up to a 20th-century glazed front door. Small 2-light attic windows are present. The right end block has a similar canted bay, with the first-floor window reglazed in the 20th century, and a similar bay is found on the left return of the main block. The rear (west) elevation contains a mix of 19th and 20th-century timber sashes and casements. Interior features from the early 19th century survive, including cornices and joinery in the two leftmost rooms. The partition between these rooms has been removed. The adjoining room to the right, the entrance hall, has an early 19th-century stair and chimney-piece. The house overlooks a pond, reputedly originally part of the village pound. A deep shaft north of the building was likely an ice house. The property is an attractive 19th-century house.