Oak Villa is a Grade II listed building in the Gateshead local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 November 1985. House.
Oak Villa
- WRENN ID
- deep-spire-fern
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Gateshead
- Constituency
- Gateshead Central and Whickham MP: Mark Ferguson (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 18 November 1985
- Type
- House
- Address
- Oak Villa, 7, Front Street
- OS grid reference
- NZ 214 611
- Coordinates
- 54.94441, -1.66736
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Oak Villa is an 18th-century house that has been altered in the 19th and 20th centuries. It is built from sandstone rubble with quoins and has a roof made of 20th-century pantiles. The house has two storeys and features three windows. The central entrance consists of a glazed door topped by an oblong fanlight and a hood supported by large brackets. The windows have chamfered flat stone lintels and projecting stone sills, and they are fitted with sashes that include glazing bars. Although the interior has not been inspected, it is noted to have window shutters.
Local climate
Oak Villa receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 99% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 77% of listed buildings. Of these, 24 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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