The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- carved-stair-crimson
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire MP: Ian Sollom (LD)
- Country
- England
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Church Street, Fen Drayton, CB24 4SG
- OS grid reference
- TL 338 680
- Coordinates
- 52.29461, -0.03854
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house that was formerly a farmhouse, dating from the early 18th century. It is constructed of local 18th-century red brick and features plain tile roofs. The building is two storeys high and consists of five bays, following an original hall and parlour plan with a rear kitchen wing. In the 19th century, it was altered to include a staircase hall. Architectural details include a plat band and plinth, a dentil brick eaves cornice, and tumbled parapet gables with end stacks. The house has five first-floor and four ground-floor sixteen-paned hung sash windows set in cambered brick arches. The central entrance features a recessed half-glazed, four-panelled door.
Local climate
The Firs sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 98% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 54% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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 — 3 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
- 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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