Firs Hall is a Grade II listed building in the Oldham local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 March 1966. Office. 3 related planning applications.
Firs Hall
- WRENN ID
- low-chimney-heron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Oldham
- Constituency
- Manchester Central MP: Lucy Powell (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 March 1966
- Type
- Office
- Address
- Firs Hall, Oldham Road, M35 0BL
- OS grid reference
- SD 893 014
- Coordinates
- 53.50969, -2.16189
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Firs Hall is a house that has been converted into offices. It was built in the mid-19th century and features Flemish bond brick with stone dressings and a slate roof. The building has an L-shaped plan with three bays by three bays and stands two storeys tall, showcasing a classical architectural style.
Notable features include a projecting plinth, a first-floor sill band, and an eaves cornice adorned with Ionic modillions. The rusticated quoins add to its character. The central bay is slightly advanced and pedimented, featuring a flat-roofed porch with round-arched openings on either side, corner pilasters, and a modillioned entablature.
There are two ground-floor windows and three first-floor windows, all with eared architraves, flat hoods, and 4-pane sashes. The first-floor windows are enhanced with enriched brackets. The roof is hipped and includes ridge chimney stacks, while similar windows are found on the side elevations. Firs Hall was built for Henry Warmsley, a mill owner.
Local climate
Firs Hall sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 1,060 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 85% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 43 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 84% of listed buildings. Of these, 23 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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