White House (EHER 36030)

17th century timber-framed and plastered house, of two storeys with attics and cellar. It has been constructed on an irregular T-shaped plan, with a cross wing at the north-west end.

NRHE data transfer: White House [NAT]. <1> 17th century timber-framed and plastered house with two gables on the south-west front and with wings extending to the north-east at the rear (RCHM 25). Grade II. <2> White House, 650 yards north-north-west of the church, is of two storeys, with attics and cellar, and is of irregular T-shaped plan, with the cross-wing at the north-west end. The north-west elevation has three gabled dormers, each with a pendant which has remains of shaped and pierced ends. The original central chimney-stack has grouped square shafts on a square base with a moulded capping; on one side is a raised heart said to have contained a date. Inside the building, there are several old richly moulded and panelled doors, and one studded battened door with strap-hinges. There are two original fireplaces with chamfered jambs and three-centred arches; one fireplace has a moulded shelf, above which is a band of plaster, ornamented with small birds, snails, wyverns, heads, etc. The north-east staircase is of the second half of the 17th century, and has square newels with moulded ball-tops, moulded pendants, richly moulded hand-rail, and twisted and turned balusters, many of which are missing; the plastered soffit of the stairs has moulded carriers. <3> See also: <4>