The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the South Hams local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 May 1985. Cottage.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- forbidden-footing-larch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Hams
- Constituency
- South Devon MP: Caroline Voaden (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 21 May 1985
- Type
- Cottage
- Address
- The Firs, Stoke Gabriel
- OS grid reference
- SX 841 589
- Coordinates
- 50.41905, -3.6322
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a pair of cottages that have been converted into one house, dating from the late 18th century or early 19th century. The building is constructed of plastered cob and features an asbestos slate half-hipped roof that was originally thatched. It stands two storeys tall and has a range of four windows.
The windows are late 18th century or early 19th century two and three-light casements with leaded panes. There are two doorways located to the right or center; one has a plank door while the other is glazed and features a corrugated iron hood. A rendered chimney stack is located at the south gable end, and there is an external stone stack on the rear wall. The house is positioned at right angles to the road.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 900 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 67% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 92% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 5 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 97% of listed buildings. Of these, 2 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.2°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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