The White House, Main Road, Cardross

The White House on Main Road in Cardross is a building dating from the late 18th to early 19th century, with significant additions made in the late 19th century. It is a two-storey, three-bay rectangular block, with an adjoining two-bay block at an angle on the outer right. The exterior features painted harl with painted ashlar margins and dressings.

The southwest elevation, which is the main front, showcases the original two-storey, three-bay symmetrical block. It has a later wooden gabled porch at the center and a slate roof. The windows are symmetrically arranged under the eaves on the first floor, with the center window being narrower. There are also two cast-iron rooflights positioned symmetrically. To the right, the later 19th-century addition is slightly recessed, consisting of a single storey and attic with a narrow gabled bay at the corner. This addition has two windows at the ground level, with a gabled dormer that breaks the eaves at the center; the narrow gabled bay features a bipartite window at ground level and a round-headed window in the gabled dormer above.

The northwest gable elevation has a broad gable with a narrow window on the first floor to the right. The southeast elevation includes a window at the center ground level and a dormerhead window that breaks the eaves above.

The original house features four-pane timber sash and case windows, while the other areas have four-pane casements with two-pane top-hoppers. The roof is covered with grey slate and has red terracotta ridging, with coped harled apex stacks topped with circular terracotta cans and ashlar coping on the skews.

The boundary wall is a low rubble wall with harl-pointing, which rises to a higher section with semicircular coping at the northern end.