The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Rutland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 29 June 1984. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- winter-postern-gold
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Rutland
- Constituency
- Rutland and Stamford MP: Alicia Kearns (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 29 June 1984
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, 8, Main Street, Empingham, LE15 8PS
- OS grid reference
- SK 949 086
- Coordinates
- 52.66751, -0.59686
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
This house dates from around 1800. It is constructed of coursed rubble stone with quoins, and has a Collyweston slate roof with moulded stone end stacks, as well as a ridge and end stack to a rear wing. Stone coping defines the gables. The front elevation features a central two-leaved, part-glazed door with a flat canopy supported by brackets, flanked by three-light casement windows. Either side of the door are further two-light windows. The windows all have cambered lintels, except that above the front door. Three two-light hipped dormers are set into the roof. A two-storey wing extends to the rear right.
Local climate
The Firs sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 50% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2012
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- 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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