Royal Oak Farmhouse and Attached Stables is a Grade II listed building in the South Oxfordshire local planning authority area, England. First listed on 3 November 1980. Farmhouse. 3 related planning applications.
Royal Oak Farmhouse and Attached Stables
- WRENN ID
- gentle-moat-moss
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- South Oxfordshire
- Constituency
- Henley and Thame MP: Freddie van Mierlo (LD)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 3 November 1980
- Type
- Farmhouse
- Address
- Royal Oak Farmhouse and Attached Stables, B4027, Beckley and Stowood, OX3 9TY
- OS grid reference
- SP 562 102
- Coordinates
- 51.78774, -1.18564
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
Royal Oak Farmhouse and attached stables is a farmhouse dating from the early to mid-17th century, with an extension from the 18th century. It is built of limestone rubble with squared quoins and timber lintels, topped by a thatched roof featuring brick ridge stacks. The building has a two-unit lobby-entry plan and stands two storeys high. The front has four windows, including the original entrance located to the right of centre, flanked by three-light casements on both the ground and first floors. To the right, there is a single-bay addition with three-light casements and an additional ridge stack. To the left, a two-unit stable extension includes one inserted casement and a loft door in the gable wall, all beneath a half-hipped roof. The rear of the building is irregular, featuring an outshut to the stable and a small rubble and tiled wing. A datestone on the gable of the stable is inscribed "1813/WC". Inside, there is a large open fireplace with a chamfered and stopped bressumer and moulded stone jambs, along with a massive central stack and a flanking winder stair that rises from the lobby. The farmhouse was formerly known as the Royal Oak Inn.
Local climate
Royal Oak Farmhouse and Attached Stables sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 730 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 78% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 73% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 36 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 61% of listed buildings. Of these, 16 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 3 applications
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