White House Farm House Including East Wing

WHITE HOUSE FARM HOUSE INCLUDING EAST WING, NORWICH ROAD

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Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1284854
Date first listed:
14-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:
White House Farm House Including East Wing
Statutory Address:
WHITE HOUSE FARM HOUSE INCLUDING EAST WING, NORWICH ROAD

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Official list entry

Heritage Category:
Listed Building
Grade:
II
List Entry Number:
1284854
Date first listed:
14-Jun-1987
List Entry Name:
White House Farm House Including East Wing
Statutory Address 1:
WHITE HOUSE FARM HOUSE INCLUDING EAST WING, NORWICH 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.

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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.

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Corrections and minor amendments

Location

Statutory Address:
WHITE HOUSE FARM HOUSE INCLUDING EAST WING, NORWICH ROAD

The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.

County:
Suffolk
District:
Mid Suffolk (District Authority)
Parish:
Yaxley
National Grid Reference:
TM 12367 74494

Details

YAXLEY NORWICH ROAD (SOUTH EAST TM 17 SW SIDE)

3/158 White House Farm House - including East Wing

- II

Farmhouse, now 2 dwellings. C17 and possibly earlier in at least 2 phases. Extended and altered late C19, altered C20. Timber frame, plastered. Extended and part cased in red brick. Slate roofs of varying pitches. A 3 cell main range with a cross gable to left leading to an additional early block to rear left. C19 and C20 additions to form a large irregular rectangle on plan. 2 storeys and attics. Entrance front: C20 gabled brick porch to right of centre, 3-light C19 glazing bar flush frame casements with a C19 dual sash to right. Boxed eaves. Left bay has a C19 gable to front reflecting an earlier roof with an original ovolo moulded tie beam below a pentice board. Steeply pitched main roof with a 2-light raking dormer, towards left a rebuilt cross axial stack and a small hip down to slightly lower cross range. Right gable end external stack, rendered with offsets, exposed plates and purlins, slightly lower eaves to rear. Secondary block extending further to left and set well back has a large C20 lean-to front, an axial stack in front of ridge raised in C19, a hip to left end with an early exposed plate towards front, 2- light raking dormers, C20 brick casing to garden. Garden front: C19 red brick additions to centre and left behind main range. To right of centre a gabled wing projects further with recessed segmental headed tripartite sashes, an attic oculus, bargeboards. To left ground floor tripartite sash and gabled porch, first floor dual and tripartite sashes, hipped roof. Interior not inspected. Attached to lean-to to front left is a small formerly detached kitchen or dairy outbuilding now converted. Plastered timber frame with a steeply pitched slate roof. 1 bay, 1 storey. Gable front has a C20 window, exposed plates and purlins.

Listing NGR: TM1236774494

Legacy

The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.

Legacy System number:
279616
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.

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