The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 March 1988. House. 1 related planning application.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- noble-shingle-falcon
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- South Northamptonshire MP: Sarah Bool (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 March 1988
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, 2, High Street South, Tiffield, NN12 8AB
- OS grid reference
- SP 698 516
- Coordinates
- 52.15912, -0.98054
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house dated 1727, featuring 20th-century alterations and additions. It is built of coursed squared ironstone with a slate roof and brick end stacks. The house has a 2-unit plan, is two storeys high with an attic, and has a three-window range. A 20th-century glazed door is located to the left of centre, set within a glazed lean-to porch. The ground and first floors have 20-pane sash windows with wooden lintels, while the ground floor windows are stop-chamfered. The building has quoins and moulded wooden eaves supported by a pair of stone brackets, along with stone-coped gables that also feature kneelers. The right side elevation facing the road has a pair of one-light windows in the attic, each with wooden lintels. A datestone in the gable above is inscribed with F/WR/1727. There is a 20th-century single-storey extension on the left side. At the rear, there is one old leaded two-light casement window with a wooden lintel and some panes of crown glass. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Firs sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 80% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 77% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 71% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 2024
- 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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