The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the South Norfolk local planning authority area, England. First listed on 26 June 1981. House. 2 related planning applications.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- lost-eave-tarn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Norfolk
- Constituency
- South Norfolk MP: Ben Goldsborough (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 26 June 1981
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Furze Road, Hempnall, NR15 2NW
- OS grid reference
- TM 251 936
- Coordinates
- 52.4942, 1.31461
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a 17th-century timber-frame house, now rendered with a roughcast finish. It has a steep roof covered with modern pantiles and gabled ends. A brick chimney stack is positioned off-centre, with an additional external stack at the east end. The house is one storey high with an attic, and features three modern flat-roofed dormers. Modern windows are present throughout, and a modern gabled porch sits in front of the chimney stack.
Local climate
The Firs sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 700 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 91% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 95% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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 — 3 transactions since 2003
- 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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