Nos. 8, 9 And 10 The Royal Oak Public House And Attached Steps And Railings

SUMMERLAYS PLACE 656-1/42/1611

Nos.8, 9 AND 10 The Royal Oak Public House and attached steps and railings (Formerly Listed as: PULTENEY ROAD Nos 8, 9 & 10 (The Royal Oak Public House). Nos 11-13 (consec)) 05/08/75

GV II

Three terrace houses, now public house. House to right, No.10, continuous with Nos 11-13 (qv). c1820. MATERIALS: Painted limestone ashlar, double pitched double Roman tile roofs with a moulded stack between Nos 8 and 9. PLAN: Double depth plan. EXTERIOR: Two storeys and basement, each house has two-window range. Coped parapets rise over gable ends to left returns. Nos 8 and 9 have run-out-chamfered jambs to late C19 horned plate glass sash windows to first floors and six/six-pane sash windows to inner ranges of ground floors. Outer ranges have steps with railings. No.8 has flat hood suspended from above and No.9 has C20 porch. No.10 stepped up with splayed reveals to two/two-pane sash windows to first floor, six/six-pane sash window to ground floor left and steps and railings to four-panel door and overlight. INTERIORS: Not inspected apart from pub interior, which has been much altered. HISTORY: The lease for No.10 is dated 25th March 1819. This row forms part of the late Georgian development of the Dolemeads area, undertaken by Mr John Farmer, in the space formed between the River Avon and the Kennet and Avon Canal. SOURCE: Maurice Scott, `Discovering Widcombe and Lyncombe¿ (2nd ed. 1993), 57.

Listing NGR: ST7564264549