The White House is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1987. A Mid C17 House. 3 related planning applications.

The White House

WRENN ID
blind-floor-nettle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
South Oxfordshire
Constituency
Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 March 1987
Type
House
Address
The White House, Water Lane, Drayton St. Leonard, OX10 7BE
OS grid reference
SU 598 963
Coordinates
51.66283, -1.13626
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a house dating from the mid 17th century, with an early 19th-century addition on the front right. The main block is built of coursed stone rubble with ashlar stone dressings, while the 19th-century addition features coursed stone rubble with brick dressings. The roof is covered in old plain tiles and is hipped above the addition, with brick stacks at each end. The house has two storeys and an attic, with a three-window range. There is a plank door located on the left return of the addition. The windows exhibit irregular placement, featuring 19th-century wooden casements with brick surrounds, and the addition has 16-pane unhorned sash windows. A gabled full dormer is situated at the center of the roof.

Inside, there is a 19th-century straight flight staircase leading from the ground to the first floor, and a mid 17th-century winder staircase from the first floor to the attic. The roof structure is of double queen-post construction. The first floor and the left side of the ground floor each have brick chamfered arched fireplaces, while the right side of the ground floor features an open fireplace.

Local climate

The White House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 64% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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