The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Colchester local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 June 1976. House.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- shifting-plinth-rook
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Colchester
- Constituency
- Harwich and North Essex MP: Sir Bernard Jenkin (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 June 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Firs Chase, West Mersea
- OS grid reference
- TM 003 130
- Coordinates
- 51.7799, 0.90252
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a building dating from 1756, constructed of red brick in Flemish bond. It has two storeys and has been modernised. The front range features a central flat porch with pilasters, flanked by modern storey-height windows that have gauged straight arches. There is a first-floor band and a range of five windows on the first storey, all under straight rubbed arches. A date stone is located centrally beneath a heavy eaves cornice, which is made of stucco or stone. The roof has three hipped dormers, each with a pair of old casements, and the gables are coped with brick. The roof is ridged and covered with peg tiles, and there is an inset chimney stack at each gable end. At the rear, there are two-storey ranges that are both contemporary and later additions.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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