White House is a Grade II listed building in the Cornwall local planning authority area, England. First listed on 7 February 1974. House.

White House

WRENN ID
haunted-rafter-raven
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Cornwall
Constituency
St Ives MP: Andrew George (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
7 February 1974
Type
House
Address
White House, 6, Trewartha Terrace, Penzance
OS grid reference
SW 473 308
Coordinates
50.1237, -5.53596
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White House is an early 19th century stucco house located at No. 6 Trewartha Terrace in Penzance. It features a slate hipped roof with wide eaves and has two storeys plus a basement. The façade includes three sash windows with glazing bars set in recessed architraves. A central doorway is framed by an open porch supported by Tuscan columns and an entablature. The house stands on a granite plinth and has a string course, with scribed end pilasters adding to its architectural detail.

Local climate

White House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 75% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 96% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 1 freeze-thaw cycle a year, fewer than 99% of listed buildings. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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