Vista is a Grade II listed building in the Tendring local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 November 1987. Cottage.

Vista

WRENN ID
eternal-foundation-myrtle
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Vista, Oakley Road, Wix
OS grid reference
TM 173 283
Coordinates
51.91122, 1.15823
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Vista is a cottage dating from the 17th century, with later additions to the left and rear. It has a timber frame and plastered exterior, topped with a thatched roof and featuring a central chimney stack. The building is one storey high with attics. On both the right and left sides, there are 20th-century three-light casement windows. The central porch, which is also thatched and gabled, is dated 1665 at the apex. To the left, there is a single-storey extension from the 20th century, which has a window on the left and a door on the right. Inside, the walls are through braced, and the ceilings have been inserted.

Local climate

Vista receives an average of 750 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 69% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 11 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 90% of listed buildings. Of these, 6 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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