The Vectis Tavern is a Grade II listed building in the Isle of Wight local planning authority area, England. First listed on 24 July 1978. Tavern. 6 related planning applications.
The Vectis Tavern
- WRENN ID
- waiting-transept-coral
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Isle of Wight
- Constituency
- Isle of Wight West MP: Richard Quigley (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 24 July 1978
- Type
- Tavern
- Address
- The Vectis Tavern, High Street, Cowes, PO31 7AT
- OS grid reference
- SZ 496 961
- Coordinates
- 50.76244, -1.29749
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Vectis Tavern is a 17th-century timber-framed building in West Cowes, refronted with stucco. A small gable on the north front and the portion behind it reveal the building's earlier origins, with the latter being jettied on the first floor. The side facing Town Quay is faced with painted brick and plaster, while the jettied portion has tarred weatherboarding. The roof is tiled. The building is one storey high with attics, and has a 1:2 window arrangement with sash windows lacking glazing bars. A later 19th-century bar front features pilasters.
Local climate
The Vectis Tavern 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 — 4 transactions since 2000
- Related listed building consents — 6 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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