The Firs is a Grade II listed building in the West Northamptonshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 February 1987. House. 1 related planning application.
The Firs
- WRENN ID
- guardian-pedestal-dawn
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- West Northamptonshire
- Constituency
- Daventry MP: Stuart Andrew (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 February 1987
- Type
- House
- Address
- The Firs, Main Street, Farthingstone, NN12 8EY
- OS grid reference
- SP 615 551
- Coordinates
- 52.19075, -1.10092
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Firs is a house dating from the 18th century, located on the south side of Farthingstone Main Street. It is constructed of coursed squared ironstone with a tile roof and features brick stacks at the ends and along the ridge. The building has a three-unit through-passage plan and stands two storeys tall with an attic, presenting a four-window range.
The entrance is a five-panel door situated to the right of the centre, which is sheltered by a 20th-century gabled timber porch. To the right of the door is a nine-pane window, while to the left is a 20th-century bow window in an enlarged opening, and a 20th-century window at the far left. The first floor has 20th-century casements, except for a three-light casement window to the right. All windows are adorned with a chamfered plinth, quoins, and stone coped gables with kneelers. There is a projection for a bread oven beside the stack on the left side. The interior features stop-chamfered spine beams and a staircase with splat balusters.
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 77% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 73% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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