White House Farmhouse
WHITE HOUSE FARMHOUSE, NORTH ROAD
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1163201
- Date first listed:
- 17-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- White House Farmhouse
- Statutory Address:
- WHITE HOUSE FARMHOUSE, NORTH ROAD
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 1999-08-21
- Reference:
- IOE01/01708/26
- Rights:
- © Mr Mike Pollitt. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1163201
- Date first listed:
- 17-Apr-1967
- List Entry Name:
- White House Farmhouse
- Statutory Address 1:
- WHITE HOUSE FARMHOUSE, NORTH ROAD
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- WHITE HOUSE FARMHOUSE, NORTH ROAD
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- County:
- Lancashire
- District:
- Chorley (District Authority)
- Parish:
- Bretherton
- National Grid Reference:
- SD 47474 20911
Details
BRETHERTON NORTH ROAD SD 42 SE 3/21 White House Farmhouse 17.4.67 GV II
Farmhouse. Dated 1680 on porch, altered. Brick with some stone quoins, part whitewashed and part rendered, slate roof. Three-bay baffle-entry plan, with projecting porch. Two storeys, eaves raised; 2-storey gabled porch in line with ridge chimney at junction of 2nd and 3rd bays has round-headed entrance arch, a rectangular datestone above inscribed 1680, a slit peephole in each IW side, stone side benches, and an original batten and board door with studded battens, ornamental iron strap hinges, a pull-handle and a wooden sneck latch; 3 casement windows on each floor, those at ground floor segmental-headed 2, 2 and 3 lights and those above all 2 lights. Right gable has 3 brick labels at 1st floor, that in centre stepped up; rear has inter alia a damaged label to a blocked firewindow. Chimneys at left gable and on ridge. Interior: not inspected, but believed to contain inglenook with heck and moulded bressummer, 2 moulded longitudinal beams, and 2 service room doors.
Listing NGR: SD4747420911
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 184272
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 06-Jun-2026 at 10:21:16.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.