Bollards and Garden Walls to North and South. 71a, 71 and 73 The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Broadland local planning authority area, England. First listed on 27 February 1984. Garden wall, bollard.
Bollards and Garden Walls to North and South. 71a, 71 and 73 The Firs
- WRENN ID
- dim-grate-shade
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Broadland
- Constituency
- Norwich North MP: Alice Macdonald (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 27 February 1984
- Type
- Garden wall, bollard
- Address
- Bollards and Garden Walls to North and South. 71a, 71 and 73 The Firs, Spixworth Road, Old Catton
- OS grid reference
- TG 233 118
- Coordinates
- 52.65823, 1.30139
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The garden walls and bollards located to the north and south of 71A, 71, and 73 The Firs date from the 18th century and later. They are constructed of brick, stone, and wrought iron. The features include seven tapered Portland stone bollards topped with iron mace finials, along with brick walls and piers that have stone caps. A garage built on the garden wall is not considered of special interest. These structures are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
Bollards and Garden Walls to North and South. 71a, 71 and 73 The Firs sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 720 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 84% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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