Cast Iron Railings and Commemorative Brass Plates to the Royal Oak About 140 Metres South West of Boscobel House is a Grade II listed building in the Shropshire local planning authority area, England. Railings and plates.

Cast Iron Railings and Commemorative Brass Plates to the Royal Oak About 140 Metres South West of Boscobel House

WRENN ID
brooding-railing-martin
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Shropshire
Constituency
The Wrekin MP: Mark Pritchard (Con)
Country
England
Type
Railings and plates
OS grid reference
SJ 837 080
Coordinates
52.67005, -2.24188
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

Cast iron railings and commemorative brass plates are located about 140 meters south-west of Boscobel House. The railings were erected in 1817 and are set on a stone plinth, forming a circular enclosure around the Royal Oak. Inside the enclosure are three commemorative brass plates, supported by cast iron brackets. The smallest and earliest plate, which is in Latin, dates to 1787. The two larger plates were added in 1875 and detail the history of the tree. The Royal Oak is believed to be a descendant of the tree where Charles II and his companion, William Careless, hid from Cromwell's troops in 1651.

Local climate

Cast Iron Railings and Commemorative Brass Plates to the Royal Oak About 140 Metres South West of Boscobel House receives an average of 820 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 50% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 78% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 40 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 20 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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