The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Exmoor National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 1969. House.

The White House

WRENN ID
muted-shingle-aspen
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exmoor National Park
Constituency
Tiverton and Minehead MP: Rachel Gilmour (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 1969
Type
House
Address
The White House, 20, High Street, Dunster, Somerset
OS grid reference
SS 991 437
Coordinates
51.18412, -3.44397
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a mid-19th century building located on the east side of Dunster High Street. It features a colourwashed render façade, modern pantiles on the roof, and brick stacks. The building is three storeys high and has three windows, which include 2 and 3-light wood casements with glazing bars. The central entrance consists of a glazed recessed door flanked by shop windows, each divided by glazing bars into small panes. There is a later addition of a tiled pentice hood on brackets above the shop windows and door.

Local climate

The White House sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,130 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 88% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 95% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 10 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 5 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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