Royal Oak House is a Grade II listed building in the Cherwell local planning authority area, England. First listed on 8 December 1955. Public house. 7 related planning applications.
Royal Oak House
- WRENN ID
- lunar-thatch-spindle
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cherwell
- Constituency
- Banbury MP: Sean Woodcock (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 8 December 1955
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- Royal Oak House, High Street, Adderbury, OX17 3LU
- OS grid reference
- SP 472 355
- Coordinates
- 52.01633, -1.31352
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Royal Oak House is a mid-17th century public house, later converted into a house, with alterations made in the 20th century. It is constructed of coursed squared marlstone with some ashlar dressings, wooden lintels, and has a concrete plain-tile roof with rebuilt brick stacks. The building follows a 2-unit cross-passage plan.
The two-storey house originally had a three-window front featuring a central doorway and 20th-century casement windows, one of which retains a 17th-century label mould. A lower 20th-century range now projects on the left side. The rear of the building, along with a small projecting wing, retains a further label and a 2-light stone-mullioned cellar window with an ovolo moulding.
Inside, a large open fireplace, partly rebuilt, is visible in the cross passage. A smaller open fireplace features splayed jambs and a stop-chamfered bressumer. Original features include stop-chamfered spine beams, early panelled doors and window seats. The building is included on the list for its group value.
Local climate
Royal Oak House sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 740 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 67% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 38 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.
- Sale history — 4 transactions since 1999
- Related listed building consents — 7 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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