The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 November 1984. House.

The White House

WRENN ID
vacant-plinth-peregrine
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Somerset
Constituency
Frome and East Somerset MP: Anna Sabine (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
16 November 1984
Type
House
Address
The White House, High Street, Norton St. Philip, BA2 7LH
OS grid reference
ST 774 558
Coordinates
51.30098, -2.32473
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The White House is a house dated 1658, but likely has origins that are even earlier. It is constructed of random rubble stone, which is now painted. The roof is gabled and covered with clay pantiles, featuring a central brick chimney stack and three coped gables on the front wall, with double Roman clay tile roofs, one of which has pantiles and finials. The house is one and a half storeys high and has a three-window front in an 'L' plan, which probably indicates it was once a medieval open hall house.

The entrance is located between the first and second windows and features a six-panel door set behind a moulded stone frame. This frame has a four-centred moulded arch within a square head, adorned with spandrel shields, one of which bears the initials "TIA" and the other displays the date. To the left of the door is a four-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion window with a stopped dripmould. To the right, there are two- and three-light wood mullion windows under a common wood lintel.

On the first floor, there are three three-light ovolo-moulded stone mullion windows, each with stopped dripmoulds. All windows are fitted with casements and rectangular leaded lights. The house is said to contain 17th-century fireplaces, spiral stairs, beams, cruck frames, and roof timbers from the earlier structure.

Local climate

The White House receives an average of 870 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 63% 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 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 53% 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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