Fir Bank is a Grade II listed building in the Wychavon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 July 1959. House.

Fir Bank

WRENN ID
watchful-rubble-gorse
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Wychavon
Constituency
Redditch MP: Chris Bloore (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 July 1959
Type
House
Address
Fir Bank, Church Street, Harvington
OS grid reference
SP 055 486
Coordinates
52.13613, -1.91967
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Fir Bank is a house dating from the 17th century, with some alterations made in the late 20th century. It features a timber-frame construction with rendered infill set on a coursed rubble plinth, topped with a combination of thatch and machine tile roofing. The building has an L-shaped plan, with a jettied front range extending to the north and a rear range to the west. There are gable-end stacks and a stack located at the junction of the two ranges.

The east front of the house is two storeys high and includes a cellar. It has canted oriel windows on both floors, with a cellar entrance situated below. The entrance is located in the left-hand return front. The framing of the front range consists of three square panels above two rectangular panels, supported by straight angle braces.

Local climate

Fir Bank receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 63% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 62% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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