The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the South Cambridgeshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 May 1985. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- winter-bailey-indigo
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Cambridgeshire
- Constituency
- South Cambridgeshire MP: Pippa Heylings (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 May 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, 64, High Street, Toft, CB23 2RL
- OS grid reference
- TL 357 558
- Coordinates
- 52.18421, -0.01508
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house that was originally a farmhouse, dating from the early 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It features a timber-framed structure that is plastered, along with a plastered plinth. The roof is half hipped and thatched. The building has one storey and attics, arranged in a three-unit lobby entry plan. There is a ridge stack with grouped diagonal shafts. The entrance includes a panelled door set within a 19th-century open gabled porch. On the ground floor, there are two three-light casement windows, and on the first floor, there are three similar casement windows.
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 97% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 85% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 2 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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