Railings About 6 Metres South of Firs Farm is a Grade II listed building in the Folkestone and Hythe local planning authority area, England. First listed on 17 October 1988. Railings.
Railings About 6 Metres South of Firs Farm
- WRENN ID
- over-moat-linden
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Folkestone and Hythe
- Constituency
- Ashford MP: Sojan Joseph (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 17 October 1988
- Type
- Railings
- OS grid reference
- TR 228 399
- Coordinates
- 51.11575, 1.18335
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
These railings, located about 6 metres south of Firs Farm, date from the late 18th century or early 19th century. They are made of painted iron and stand on a low brick plinth topped with vertically-tooled stone coping. The railings feature fleur-de-lys designs and spear-head newels, reaching a height of approximately 1.5 metres and extending about 18 metres across the front of the house. They are included in the listing for their group value.
Local climate
Railings About 6 Metres South of Firs Farm receives an average of 770 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 63% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 12 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 89% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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