Firs Farmhouse is a Grade II listed building in the West Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 August 1988. Farmhouse. 1 related planning application.
Firs Farmhouse
- WRENN ID
- forgotten-turret-wind
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 August 1988
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Firs Farmhouse, the Green, Over Norton
- OS grid reference
- SP 316 283
- Coordinates
- 51.95281, -1.5404
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Firs Farmhouse is a farmhouse built in the late 17th century and late 18th to early 19th century. It is constructed from coursed squared marlstone with some ashlar dressings, topped with a concrete plain-tile roof and features ashlar-and-brick stacks. The building has a two-unit lobby-entry plan, with a rear wing, a rear outshut, and a converted farmbuilding. It stands two storeys high plus an attic.
The right bay of the two-window front has aligned stone-mullioned windows with four and three lights, situated below a gabled dormer. The left bay features a large segmental-arched sash window that is five panes wide, positioned at an intermediate height above a basement window. The central entrance consists of a six-panel door with an overlight above it. The steep-pitched roof is supported by three stone-based stacks, with the central stack aligned with the entrance. The rear wing, which extends from the right, includes casement windows and two additional stacks, while the outshut extends to the left. The converted farmbuilding range to the right of the main range is now part of the house. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
Firs Farmhouse receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 62% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 19 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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- Related listed building consents — 1 application
- 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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