Rock Villa is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 15 July 1976. House. 2 related planning applications.
Rock Villa
- WRENN ID
- sheer-roof-vetch
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight East MP: Joe Robertson (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 15 July 1976
- Type
- House
- Address
- Rock Villa, Bonchurch Villa, Ventnor, PO38 1RG
- OS grid reference
- SZ 575 780
- Coordinates
- 50.59908, -1.18841
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Rock Villa is a house dating from approximately 1840 to 1850. It is constructed of stone rubble. The house has a prominent central gable, one window wide, with a recessed, steeper gabled bay to the right and a double-gabled wing set well back to the left. All gables feature pierced bargeboards. The windows are 2-light, timber-framed, with glazing bars. A canted stone porch is located in the angle of the central break to the right-hand side.
Local climate
Rock Villa receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 54% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 87% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 7 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 95% of listed buildings. Of these, 3 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 5 transactions since 1996
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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