The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the East Hertfordshire local planning authority area, England. Villa. 5 related planning applications.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- ghost-banister-honey
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- East Hertfordshire
- Constituency
- Broxbourne MP: Lewis Cocking (Con)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Villa
- Address
- The Firs, Amwell Hill, Great Amwell, SG12 9RG
- OS grid reference
- TL 368 122
- Coordinates
- 51.79198, -0.01769
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a pair of mid-19th century villas located on Amwell Hill in Great Amwell. These two adjoining houses are constructed of white brick and feature two storeys with a continuous hipped slate roof. They are set back from the road and face east. Each villa has a symmetrical three-window front, complete with a stucco plinth, quoins, flat arches that have raised keystones, and a projecting central flat-topped porch supported by Tuscan columns and pilaster responds, topped with a full entablature and blocking course. The round-headed doorways include fanlights and four-panel half-glazed doors with round-headed lights. The windows are recessed sash types with three-over-three panes. The buildings have a double-pile, double-fronted plan with chimneys located on the party wall. There is a matching two-storey, two-window extension on the south end that is modern. These two fine Victorian villas have seen little alteration and are uniquely built side by side in an isolated setting.
Local climate
The Firs sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 90% 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 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
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 2013
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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