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

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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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