The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 December 1967. House. 4 related planning applications.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- rooted-chancel-saffron
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 December 1967
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Brook Street, Great Bardfield, CM7 4RG
- OS grid reference
- TL 676 305
- Coordinates
- 51.94795, 0.43766
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house dating to the 17th century, with alterations made in the 19th century. It is timber-framed and has plaster walls, covered by a roof of handmade red clay tiles. The main front faces north and has four bays, with a wing extending from the left end and an internal stack in the rear angle. A two-storey lean-to extension, with a low-pitched slate roof and internal stack, was added in the 19th century to the rear of the right end. The house is two storeys high. The front has a two-window arrangement of early 19th century sash windows, each with 16 lights and some crown glass. A four-panel door, with a simple moulded doorcase and shallow hood, also dates to the early 19th century. The roof is hipped at the right end and half-hipped at the rear.
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 94% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 88% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 4 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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