The Little Orchard The White House

The White House and Little Orchard are two houses created by dividing a former house known as The Cypresses, likely built around 1868, as indicated by the date on nearby boundary walls. The buildings are constructed of plastered brick, with brick stacks and chimney shafts, and feature a slate roof.

The houses face southeast and have a three-room layout. The end rooms have gable-end stacks, with the left stack being disused, while the center room has an axial stack that backs onto the right room. There is an entrance hall and main stair located between the center and left rooms, and a kitchen situated in a rear block to the right of center. There is also a possibly secondary extension from the 19th century at the right end. The White House occupies the main center and left rooms, while Little Orchard occupies the main right room and the extension.

The buildings are two stories tall, with the extension being a single story that includes a glasshouse projecting in front. The main facade has a symmetrical arrangement of four horned four-pane sash windows, with a fifth window in the extension to the right. The main entrance, now leading to the White House, is located left of center and features a part-glazed six-panel door behind a flat-roofed timber porch with a moulded entablature and slightly tapering panelled square-section posts. There are stucco flat clasping pilasters at each end, and the roof is gable-ended. The right end extension has an embattled parapet, and there is a well-preserved late 19th-century glasshouse in front. The left end features shaped bargeboards. At the rear, the stair is illuminated by a sash window with margin panes.

The interior has been modernized but retains some original joinery details. The main entrance hall has a tile floor and includes an open string stick baluster stair with a mahogany handrail and curtail step. The roof was not inspected.