The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the Vale of White Horse local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1983. House.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- small-hearth-bramble
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Vale of White Horse
- Constituency
- Witney MP: Charlie Maynard (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1983
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, High Street, Shrivenham, SN6 8AN
- OS grid reference
- SU 241 889
- Coordinates
- 51.59904, -1.6528
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is an 18th-century building located on the south side of Shrivenham High Street. It is constructed of rubble stone with brick dressings, finished with stucco and painted grey. The building features a gabled slate roof and end brick stacks. The north front has two storeys and three bays, with eight-pane sash windows throughout. The entrance is centrally located and consists of a six-panel door flanked by three rectangular fanlights.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 780 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 61% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 59% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 63% 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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