The Royal Oak

The Royal Oak is an 18th-century inn, with later alterations, possibly incorporating an earlier building. It is constructed of rendered stone rubble, with a slate roof featuring raised coped verges, along with some plain tiles and pantiles to the rear. The roof has ridge and gable stacks. The building is arranged in an L-shape, incorporating a rear wing.

The inn has two storeys and four windows at both the ground and first floors, each a sash window within an exposed box. A central Doric portico has a cornice and blocking course, leading to a panelled and glazed door. To the left is a single-bay building of the same height, with louvred openings at first floor, rumoured to have previously housed a cider press. A 20th-century single light window is located at first floor on the right return. A two-storey rear wing extends to the rear right, with a hipped roof at the junction. The rear of this wing features a blocked door with a segmental head, a 20th-century 3-light window with a segmental head, and two further 20th-century windows under the eaves, which are not rendered. The rear wing's inner side has two 20-pane sashes in exposed boxes at first floor, with gauged brick heads; one ground floor window to the left; two 20th-century doors and two 20th-century windows. A single-storey flat-roofed addition is located in the angle, with a 20th-century window and double door, and a small single light under the eaves, above which is a 20th-century 2-light casement.

The ground floor interior has had the internal walls removed. The front left room retains its ceiling frieze, panelled shutters to the windows, and a panelled soffit to the archway between the two rooms to the left.

Attached to the front of the inn, running north towards the High Street, is a former barn/stabling. It has a hipped pantile roof, a triple-roll tiled lean-to on the inner side with double doors, and a second Roman tiled lean-to beyond. The west side of the barn has 20th-century double doors and a loading door with a segmental head at the front.

This inn is a good example of an 18th-century building, despite later internal alterations. It retains its stabling and subsidiary buildings and presents a handsome façade to the High Street.