The Little Orchard the White House is a Grade II listed building in the East Devon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 October 1988. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Little Orchard the White House
- WRENN ID
- lesser-groin-crow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Devon
- Constituency
- Exmouth and Exeter East MP: David Reed (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 October 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Little Orchard the White House, the Green, Whimple, EX5 2TT
- OS grid reference
- SY 041 975
- Coordinates
- 50.76956, -3.36
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
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.
Local climate
The Little Orchard the White House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 51% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 22 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1995
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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