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

Spring Cottage

WRENN ID
stony-bailey-vale
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Tendring
Constituency
Clacton MP: Nigel Farage (RUK)
Country
England
Date first listed
30 November 1987
Type
Cottage
Address
Spring Cottage, Oakley Road, Wix
OS grid reference
TM 173 283
Coordinates
51.9111, 1.15865
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Spring Cottage is a cottage dating from the 15th or 16th century, with later alterations and additions. It is constructed from timber framing and weatherboarding, topped with a thatched roof. There is a red brick chimney stack on the left side. The building features single-storey lean-to extensions on the left, right, and rear. It has one storey and attics, with a gabled dormer. To the right of the 20th-century gabled porch are two small paned casement windows, and a similar window is found on the left lean-to, along with a stable door on the right lean-to.

Inside, part of the timber frame is visible, showcasing closely set studs, side girts, and top plates. The ceilings have been inserted and feature stop-chamfered bridging joists. There is a repaired inglenook fireplace that has been inserted. The inner tie beams have been cut away, and the upper part of the roof structure is now boarded, making it impossible to determine if it is constructed with side purlins or a crown post. The current owners have sandblasted the rafters to remove what they describe as "black rough material," possibly soot.

Local climate

Spring Cottage 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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