Royal Oak Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Braintree local planning authority area, England. First listed on 16 March 1978. A Post-Medieval Public house. 5 related planning applications.
Royal Oak Public House
- WRENN ID
- stark-hearth-bracken
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Braintree
- Constituency
- Braintree MP: Sir James Cleverly (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 16 March 1978
- Type
- Public house
- Period
- Post-Medieval
- Address
- Royal Oak Public House, High Street, Halstead
- OS grid reference
- TL 812 305
- Coordinates
- 51.94419, 0.6359
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak Public House is a 17th-century building that features a timber-framed and plastered structure, with significant alterations made in the late 19th century to the main front. It has a red plain tile roof and an L-shaped plan, with a long wing extending to the rear. Inside, some original timber-framing is still visible, including beams and bridging joists. The late 19th-century alterations include a sham exposed timber front and modern windows.
Local climate
Royal Oak Public House sits in one of the driest parts of the UK, with an average of 680 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 75% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 28 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 70% of listed buildings. Of these, 13 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 — 2 transactions since 2017
- Related listed building consents — 5 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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