The Oak

The Oak is a house, later used as a public house, dating from the first half of the 16th century, with a service wing rebuilt around 1700. The house is timber-framed and plastered, with a thatched roof. It has a 3-cell form, the service wing on the left having a slightly lower roof ridge. It is two storeys high with two windows on the front elevation. The ground floor windows are modern single-paned casements. On the upper floor, there is a 19th-century 3-light window to the left, and a window opening on the right which has been plastered over. A lobby entrance has a mid-20th century 6-panel door. There is an internal stack with a rendered shaft and a 19th-century stack against the left gable end. A small 19th-century addition is set forward to the left, and is plastered with a pantiled roof, featuring casement windows and a gable stack. Inside, the main ground floor ceilings have substantial plain joists. In the room to the right, the bridging beam is close to the stack and suggests the stack was added later, following a smoke bay or timber flue. Some timber framing is exposed, mainly in the upper room on the left, where there is evidence for original diamond-mullioned windows. There are also cranked tie beam braces and a newel stair. The roof is a queen-post roof. The service wing has on-edge floor joists.