The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Solihull local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 July 1976. House. 1 related planning application.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- weathered-tallow-juniper
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Solihull
- Constituency
- Meriden and Solihull East MP: Saqib Bhatti (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 22 July 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Barston Lane, B92 0JP
- OS grid reference
- SP 199 786
- Coordinates
- 52.40518, -1.70823
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a building from the 18th century that has been slightly altered in the 19th century. It has a square plan and is constructed of red brick with a hipped tiled roof featuring a corbelled brick cornice. The building stands three storeys tall and has three nearly flush windows. The second floor has casement windows, while the ground and first floors feature 19th-century sash windows with marginal glazing bars. The central entrance includes a panelled door and a fanlight with glazing bars set in an arched reveal, framed by Doric pilasters and an open pediment. The Firs, along with the barn and gate piers at The Firs, form a group.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 68% 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
- Sale history — 11 transactions since 1995
- 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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