The Royal Oak is a Grade II listed building in the Swindon local planning authority area, England. First listed on 23 April 1986. Public house. 1 related planning application.
The Royal Oak
- WRENN ID
- final-foundation-willow
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Swindon
- Constituency
- Swindon South MP: Heidi Alexander (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 23 April 1986
- Type
- Public house
- Address
- The Royal Oak, 24 Devizes Road, Old Town, South Swindon, SN1 4BQ
- OS grid reference
- SU 155 834
- Coordinates
- 51.5498, -1.77683
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak is a public house built in the early 19th century. It features roughcast brickwork and a slate roof. The building stands two stories high with two bays facing Newport Street and a three-bay return along Devizes Road. The central entrance is located at the corner of the building. The ground floor has a c1900 green glazed ceramic tile plinth, pilasters, and a pedimented doorcase with a fascia displaying the name. The windows on the ground floor have etched glass and green tiled aprons, while the upper floor has 12-pane sash windows. On the Devizes Road elevation, the glazed fascia extends over two canted bays and two entrances, although one of the entrances is blocked. The first floor features three 12-pane sash windows.
Local climate
The Royal Oak receives an average of 790 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 58% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 54% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 39 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 75% 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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- No EPC on record for this property
- No sale records on file
- Related listed building consents — 1 application
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- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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