White House Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 August 1960. Farmhouse.

White House Farmhouse

WRENN ID
shadowed-rafter-burdock
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Dorset
Constituency
North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 August 1960
Type
Farmhouse
Address
White House Farmhouse, Shaftesbury Road, Motcombe
OS grid reference
ST 843 240
Coordinates
51.01592, -2.22477
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

White House Farmhouse is a farmhouse, probably dating from the late 18th century. It is constructed of whitewashed rubble and features a gable-ended thatched roof with brick stacks at each end. The building is symmetrical, standing two storeys high with an attic. It has two and three-light casements that include leaded lights. A thatched porch covers a plain plank door.

Local climate

White House Farmhouse receives an average of 830 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 58% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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