The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Bromsgrove local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 July 1986. Farmhouse.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- stubborn-pavement-snow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Bromsgrove
- Constituency
- Bromsgrove MP: Bradley Thomas (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 July 1986
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- The Firs, Stoke, B60 4AR
- OS grid reference
- SO 958 655
- Coordinates
- 52.28765, -2.06237
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is an early 19th-century farmhouse that has undergone some alterations in the mid-20th century. It is constructed of brick and features a slate roof with gable-end stacks. The building is two storeys high and has a dentilled brick cornice and stone coped verges. There are three windows on the upper floor, which are 16-pane sashes with stepped voussoir heads. The central entrance on the ground floor has an open pedimented doorcase, supported by engaged Doric columns, and includes a fanlight above a panelled door.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 66% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 72% 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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