White House, Main Street, North Queensferry

This is a row of two, two-storey houses dated 1771 and 1778, located on Main Street in North Queensferry. The houses, known as Brae House (to the east) and White House (to the west), occupy a prominent site in the village.

The houses are rectangular in plan and traditionally constructed. Brae House has a rendered façade with painted margins and an inscribed lintel above the front door reading "TB 1771". It features non-traditional dormers and rear extensions from the late 20th century, some pitched and some flat-roofed. White House is rendered on its south side, harled on its north and west sides, and also has blue painted margins. A three-faced sundial corbelled from the party wall is dated 1778. The ground slopes downwards to the south.

The south elevation, which is the principal facade, features the dated sundial corbelled from the party wall. Brae House has a modern door flanked by windows, with three windows set close to the eaves above. It also has modern three-light dormers in the attic. White House features a replacement central door flanked by windows, and three first-floor windows set close to the eaves.

The east elevation shows a first-floor window to the right and a modern extension. The north (rear) elevation rises from higher ground, with moat access to the ground level of the houses. Brae House has single-storey modern pitched and flat-roofed extensions set into the higher ground. White House has a first-floor door off-centre to the left, with access to the higher ground via a gangway, alongside two ground floor windows flanking what was originally a door opening. A modern window has been inserted on the far right of the west elevation, and a small window sits in the attic.

The windows throughout are non-traditional. The roofs are pitched with graded grey slates on Brae House and replacement man-made slates on White House. Ashlar coped skews, with moulded skewputts to the south and beaked skewputts to the north, are present. There are coped harled gablehead stacks in the centre and to the west, with the eastern stack rendered.

The interior of White House has no original features remaining; the interior of Brae House was not inspected in 2002.

The initials "T B" on Brae House refer to Thomas Brown, a shipmaster. Rear access ramps still exist at the rear of White House, reflecting how access to the upper dwellings was likely located at the rear of the properties. The buildings contribute significantly to the early historic fabric of the village.