The White House is a Grade II listed building in the Powys local planning authority area, Wales. First listed on 20 March 1998. House - terrace.
The White House
- WRENN ID
- fading-timber-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Powys
- Constituency
- Montgomeryshire and Glyndwr MP: Steve Witherden (Lab)
- Country
- Wales
- Date first listed
- 20 March 1998
- Type
- House - terrace
- Address
- The White House, Leighton, Forden, Forden with Leighton and Trelystan
- OS grid reference
- SJ 240 058
- Coordinates
- 52.64461, -3.1243
- Source
- Cadw listing
Description
The White House is a two-storey house with an attic, featuring a main range with cross-gables at both the front and rear, creating a T-plan layout. There is a porch at the front angle, a lower two-storey wing set back to the right, and a single-storey rear wing with an attic located behind the rear cross-gable. The building is constructed of brick that has been painted white and has a slate roof with skylights at the back. It includes end brick stacks on the main range, the rear cross-gable, and to the right of the wing.
The windows are small-pane sash windows with margin glazing, most of which are positioned beneath wedge lintels. The front cross-gable features a tripartite window on the lower storey and a large 16-pane window on the upper storey, along with a smaller round-headed window in the gable. The porch on the left side has a four-panel door topped by a round-headed overlight, which is adorned with moulded imposts and a keystone. To the left and in the left side wall, there are tall windows that include casements. The porch is finished with a parapet of iron railings and has a balcony above, accessed by a French window from the main range. Additionally, the front cross-gable has a small round-headed window in its side wall.
On the left gable end of the main range, there is a small round-headed window in the gable and a small window to the left on the lower storey. The right wing features a door with full-height glazing on the lower storey and a sash window above it. Behind the right wing, there is a lean-to structure. The rear wing is fitted with wooden casement windows. The building was not inspected in November 1996.
Local climate
The White House receives an average of 860 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 55% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 45 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 86% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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