The Firs, Whitchurch
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Description
Late nineteenth century country house built in 1897 in an Arts and Crafts or Domestic Revival style and used during the war for experimental development of munitions and known as 'Churchill's Toyshop'.
'The Firs' was built in 1897 on the site of an earlier building of the same name. Between September 1940 and October 1946 it was a workshop of MIR(c) [Military Intelligence Research] (later MDI) and produced 26 different types of weapons including Sticky Bombs, the Blacker Bombard and PIAT (B2).
On the curve of the High Street at the s end, The Firs is a half-timbered Domestic Revival house built in 1897 for Charles Gray. Prominent but uninspired (B5).
Statement of Significance
Asset type
Late nineteenth century country house built in 1897 in an Arts and Crafts or Domestic Revival style and used during the war for experimental development of munitions and known as 'Churchill's Toyshop'.
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