The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the East Staffordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 April 1984. Cottage.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- unlit-plinth-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Staffordshire
- Constituency
- Lichfield MP: Dave Robertson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 April 1984
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Firs, Victoria Street, Yoxall
- OS grid reference
- SK 142 191
- Coordinates
- 52.77018, -1.79041
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a small detached cottage dating from the 19th century. It features roughcast brick applied to a 17th-century timber frame, topped with a tiled roof and brick stacks. The building stands two storeys high and has two casement windows. There is a moulded wood doorcase with a cornice and toothed eaves. Inside, the cottage has exposed ceiling beams.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 68% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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