The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the North York Moors National Park local planning authority area, England. First listed on 14 July 1955. House. 3 related planning applications.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- rooted-outpost-sienna
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- North York Moors National Park
- Constituency
- Thirsk and Malton MP: Kevin Hollinrake (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 14 July 1955
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Village Street, Appleton-Le-Moors, North Yorkshire
- OS grid reference
- SE 735 877
- Coordinates
- 54.28053, -0.87205
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house dating from the mid-18th century. It is constructed primarily of herring-bone-tooled limestone to the front, with coursed rubble to the rear, and features sandstone dressings. The roof is pantiled, with brick stacks. The house is planned around a central staircase, and is approximately one and a half rooms deep.
The main front is symmetrical with three windows arranged over two storeys. Chamfered, milled quoins are visible. The central entrance has a panelled door with a fanlight, set within a moulded, keyed archivolt doorcase. The doorcase is topped with an open pediment supported by Tuscan pilasters. Sash windows are set within moulded architraves, each adorned with three keystones. A first-floor band and a cavetto moulded eaves cornice run along the top of the building. Coped gables, kneelers and end stacks are present.
The right gable wall facing the street includes a panelled door and a sash window, both with keyed lintels. At the rear, a tall staircase window sits centrally, along with three two-light horizontal sliding sash windows with glazing bars.
Local climate
The Firs receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 61% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 35 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 59% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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 — 1 transaction since 2010
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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