The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Wiltshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 April 1987. House.

The White House

WRENN ID
quiet-mantel-ash
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wiltshire
Constituency
Melksham and Devizes MP: Brian Mathew (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
3 April 1987
Type
House
Address
The White House, London Road, Devizes
OS grid reference
SU 017 624
Coordinates
51.36085, -1.97658
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a pair of houses from the 17th century that have been altered and are now combined into one. The building features a roughcast exterior over a timber frame and has a Bridgwater tile roof that is hipped at the north end. There are two storeys with a four-window range. On the first floor, there are four pairs of casement windows above the ground floor, which has two doors alternating with two pairs of casement windows. The doors are topped with small timber hoods. At the rear, there is a catslide roof.

Local climate

The White House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 60% 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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