Royal Oak Hotel is a Grade II listed building in the Herefordshire, County of local planning authority area, England. Hotel. 2 related planning applications.
Royal Oak Hotel
- WRENN ID
- scarred-plinth-cream
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Herefordshire, County of
- Constituency
- North Herefordshire MP: Dr Ellie Chowns (Green)
- Country
- England
- Type
- Hotel
- Address
- Royal Oak Hotel, the Southend, Ledbury, HR8 2EY
- OS grid reference
- SO 711 375
- Coordinates
- 52.03547, -2.42242
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak Hotel is a late 16th century timber-framed building, designed in an L-shape and featuring three storeys plus a cellar. It was refaced in the late 18th century with painted brick and includes dentil blocks beneath the eaves. The roof is tiled and gable-ended. The building showcases exposed timber-framing in the rear wing and in the covered entrance to the yard. There are five double-hung sash windows with three lights and glazing bars, flat brick arches, and keyblocks, while the ground floor windows have leaded panes. The central door opening is round-headed with a large fanlight and deep reveals. To the left, there is a wide elliptical arched carriageway with a keyblock, and a round-headed doorway on the right. Inside, the dining room features original panelling with an enriched cornice and an overmantle with enriched pilasters between the bays. The building has queen-post roofs and rubble walling in the cellars. The Royal Oak Hotel, along with Nos 1 to 4 and Nos 6 to 11, forms a group with Nos 2 to 8 New Street.
Local climate
Royal Oak Hotel 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 lower than that of 60% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 18 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 — 6 transactions since 2016
- 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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