The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Newark and Sherwood local planning authority area, England. First listed on 13 August 1992. A C19 House.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- fallen-bailey-rain
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Newark and Sherwood
- Constituency
- Newark MP: Robert Jenrick (RUK)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 13 August 1992
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Farndon Road
- OS grid reference
- SK 783 528
- Coordinates
- 53.06713, -0.83181
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house dating from around 1800, with alterations made in the mid and late 20th century. It is constructed of painted brick with stone dressings and features a hipped concrete tile roof, supported by two side wall stacks. The building has two storeys and a three-window range of 12-pane sash windows. The central entrance is framed by a stone doorcase with a flat hood resting on scroll brackets, leading to a half-glazed door with an overlight. On either side of the entrance, there are single 12-pane sash windows.
Local climate
The Firs sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 92% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 57% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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