The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Leicester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 5 January 1950. Mansion. 1 related planning application.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- hidden-steeple-birch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Leicester
- Constituency
- Leicester South MP: Shockat Adam (Ind)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 5 January 1950
- Type
- Mansion
- Address
- The Firs, 223, London Road, City of Leicester
- OS grid reference
- SK 601 028
- Coordinates
- 52.62011, -1.11241
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a small detached mansion built in 1829, designed in the "Papworth" style and finished in stucco. It has two storeys and features four sash windows with glazing bars, including a two-window bow in the center that spans both storeys. There are bands at the sills, and the building is topped with an old slate hipped roof that has wide eaves soffits. Two of the ground floor windows have modern glazing. On the side, there is an open porch supported by square panelled columns and topped with a heavy entablature. Additionally, a three-window wing has been added to the structure.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 73% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 71% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 1 application
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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