The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 July 1986. House.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- sunken-chamber-starling
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 July 1986
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, 83, London Street, Great Faringdon, SN7 8AA
- OS grid reference
- SU 292 956
- Coordinates
- 51.6585, -1.57894
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a mid-19th century alteration of a likely earlier 18th-century house located on the north side of London Street in Great Faringdon. The building is constructed of rubble stone and features two stories with a slate roof and two gabled dormers. It has brick end wall stacks and a four-window range of 19th-century sash windows, each with plain three-piece stone window heads. The entrance includes a door with a hood supported by brackets and a round arched barred fanlight above.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 62% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 34 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 52% 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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