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The White House, Gilwell Park

A Grade II Listed Building in Waltham Abbey, Essex

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Coordinates

Latitude: 51.6502 / 51°39'0"N

Longitude: 0.0027 / 0°0'9"E

OS Eastings: 538647

OS Northings: 196497

OS Grid: TQ386964

Mapcode National: GBR KP.RBB

Mapcode Global: VHHMR.0S8B

Plus Code: 9F32M223+33

Entry Name: The White House, Gilwell Park

Listing Date: 22 March 1974

Grade: II

Source: Historic England

Source ID: 1124125

English Heritage Legacy ID: 117630

Also known as: White House

ID on this website: 101124125

Location: Sewardstone, Epping Forest, Essex, E4

County: Essex

District: Epping Forest

Civil Parish: Waltham Abbey

Traditional County: Essex

Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Essex

Church of England Parish: High Beach Holy Innocents

Church of England Diocese: Chelmsford

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Description


GILWELL LANE E4
1.
1767
The White House,
Gilwell Park
TQ 39 SE 5/124
II
2.
Gilwell Park on Ordnance Survey map. At one time known as Gilwell House. Altered
central block of C16 or early C17. Late C18 or early C19 wings. Timber frame faced
with large whitewashed flush set slates on studding. Welsh slated roof. 2 storeys,
casement windows with glazing bars, those to 1st floor pointed arched. Canted bay
to centre of 1st floor. Cornish type chimney stacks with pointed tops to narrow
slates set vertically. Cornice. Central ground floor extension. William Alfred Gibbs,
poet, lived here in the later C19.


Listing NGR: TQ3864796497

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