The Firs (The Probation Office) is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 June 1974. A C18 House. 5 related planning applications.
The Firs (The Probation Office)
- WRENN ID
- dim-marble-fen
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 25 June 1974
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs (The Probation Office), Cainscross Road
- OS grid reference
- SO 840 051
- Coordinates
- 51.74511, -2.23242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs, also known as The Probation Office, is a late 18th-century building located on Caincross Road. It features an ashlar front and a pitched slate roof, with two storeys and attics. The building has a plain string course, a moulded eaves cornice, and a blocking course. There are four ranges of double-hung sash windows with glazing bars, along with one canted bay window on the ground floor. The entrance includes a door with an oblong fanlight, and there are two modern attic dormers. The Firs is part of a group that includes Nos 106 to 114 (even) and Nos 126 to 130 (even).
Local climate
The Firs (The Probation Office) receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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