The Royal Oak Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Stratford-on-Avon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 30 June 1986. Public house. 3 related planning applications.
The Royal Oak Public House
- WRENN ID
- buried-tallow-tallow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stratford-on-Avon
- Constituency
- Kenilworth and Southam MP: Sir Jeremy Wright (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 30 June 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Royal Oak Public House, Whatcote, CV36 5EF
- OS grid reference
- SP 300 446
- Coordinates
- 52.09923, -1.56324
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak Public House is a 17th-century establishment with later alterations and additions. It is built of regularly coursed ironstone rubble and features a steeply pitched asbestos tile roof, with a slated roof on the left part. The building is single storey plus attic and has an L-plan layout. The entrance is located in an extension to the left, which includes 20th-century ground floor windows. The attic has a 2-light and a 3-light wood-mullioned window with a wood lintel. There is a plank and rail door also with a wood lintel. The gable fronted bay to the right has a 2-light wood-mullioned window and a small 2-light window with a stone surround. The attic floor features a 2-light wood-mullioned window. The right end and wing attached to the right have 2- and 3-light stone-mullioned windows with hood moulds and label stops, as well as 2-light wood-mullioned windows. Inside, there is a stop-chamfered beam in the main bar, an inglenook with a bressumer, exposed beams and joists, stone flag floors, and plank doors. There is a 20th-century extension to the left end.
Local climate
The Royal Oak Public House receives an average of 760 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 68% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 64% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 70% 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.
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 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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