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
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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