The Birches is a Grade II listed building in the North Somerset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 9 February 1961. Detached house. 7 related planning applications.
The Birches
- WRENN ID
- sharp-sentry-ash
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North Somerset
- Constituency
- Wells and Mendip Hills MP: Tessa Munt (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 9 February 1961
- Type
- Detached house
- Address
- The Birches, 1, 2 and 3, Mill Lane, Congresbury, BS49 5JD
- OS grid reference
- ST 440 635
- Coordinates
- 51.36835, -2.80497
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Birches is a detached house, now divided into three separate flats, dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed of rendered rubble with slate roofs. The south front has three storeys and five windows. The windows are 12-pane sashes on the ground and first floors, with 6-pane sashes on the upper floor; all are 20th-century replacements, except for two ground floor windows on the left-hand side. Each window head has stepped voussoirs. A central porch features wooden lattice jambs, a segmental head, and a nine-panel door with three rectangular lights above. Rendered stacks are located at either end. Later outshuts have been added to the rear of the building. The interior has lost most original features due to conversion, although shutters remain in most windows.
Local climate
The Birches receives an average of 850 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 70% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 29 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 68% of listed buildings. Of these, 11 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 2 transactions since 1997
- Related listed building consents — 7 applications
- 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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