Firs Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. First listed on 12 November 1984. Farmhouse.
Firs Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- small-kitchen-poplar
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- Hereford and South Herefordshire MP: Jesse Norman (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 12 November 1984
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Firs Farmhouse, Michaelchurch Escley
- OS grid reference
- SO 312 354
- Coordinates
- 52.01288, -3.00248
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Firs Farmhouse is a farmhouse that likely dates back to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 18th century and late 20th century. It is constructed from rubble with stone slate roofs, featuring a brick ridge stack located to the left of center and an end stack on the right. The building has an L-plan layout, with a through-passage across the main east-west range just before it connects to the lower north-south wing. The main range has two storeys, while the subsidiary wing has one storey and an attic.
The main range includes four windows: a large five-light 20th-century metal casement to the right of center and four evenly spaced three-light 19th-century casements on the first floor. The entrance is located to the right, featuring a top-glazed 20th-century door, and to the left, there is a 4-centred arch leading to a 20th-century door. The lower wing on the left has stairs leading to the first floor, and beyond the stairs is a linked single-storey building, also made of rubble. The left return of the lower wing features an oak mullioned window.
Inside, there is a 4-centred door head with a ledged door from the 17th or 18th century that leads from the rear side of the through-passage next to the chimney into the principal room, which has large chamfered ceiling beams. A date stone reading "1710" is likely repositioned and set in the west gable. The rear elevation of the main range has four evenly spaced 19th-century two-light casements, some of which have dripstones. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Firs Farmhouse receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 56% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 49 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 91% of listed buildings. Of these, 26 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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