Royal Oak Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Central Bedfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 31 October 1966. Public house. 2 related planning applications.
Royal Oak Public House
- WRENN ID
- fading-doorway-myrtle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Central Bedfordshire
- Constituency
- North Bedfordshire MP: Richard Fuller (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 31 October 1966
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Royal Oak Public House, 4 and 6, Biggleswade Road, Potton, SG19 2LU
- OS grid reference
- TL 221 491
- Coordinates
- 52.12678, -0.21757
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak Public House is a public house that was formerly two separate properties, dating from the 11th century and the 18th century. It features colourwashed roughcast over a timber frame, with much of No. 4 rebuilt in the 20th century. The roofs are covered with clay tiles. No. 4 is two storeys tall, while No. 6 has one storey and attics. There is a variety of windows, mostly casements of different sizes, with three on each floor of No. 4. No. 6 has two gabled dormers. No. 4 also has a 20th-century open pediment doorcase and door, while No. 6 features a small panelled door that is now out of use. The building is included for its group value.
Local climate
Royal Oak Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 690 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 96% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 83% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 33 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 53% of listed buildings. Of these, 15 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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- 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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