The Royal Oak is a Grade II listed building in the Dorset local planning authority area, England. First listed on 10 October 1985. Public house.
The Royal Oak
- WRENN ID
- quartered-paling-vermeil
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Dorset
- Constituency
- North Dorset MP: Simon Hoare (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 10 October 1985
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Royal Oak, Dorchester Hill, Milborne St. Andrew
- OS grid reference
- SY 801 976
- Coordinates
- 50.77795, -2.28294
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak is a public house located on Dorchester Hill in Milborne Saint Andrew. It likely dates from the late 18th century, although it may have earlier origins. The building features roughcast walls and a tiled roof, with plastered stacks positioned at the left end, right of centre, and rising from the front wall. It is two storeys high.
The entrance includes a recessed flush panel door with panelled jamb linings and moulded architraves, along with a second part-glazed door. On the ground floor, there are two sash windows with glazing bars and a canted bay window that also has similar sashes. The first floor features five sash windows, one of which has thicker glazing bars, indicating it may be older. To the right, there is a lower extension that may have been used as stables, which has two part-glazed doors and 20th-century casement windows. The central section of the building is recessed, possibly indicating a former carriage entrance.
Local climate
The Royal Oak receives an average of 810 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 52% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 69% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 19 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 7 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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