Royal Oak Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Exeter local planning authority area, England. First listed on 18 June 1974. Public house. 1 related planning application.

Royal Oak Public House

WRENN ID
sunken-truss-furze
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Exeter
Constituency
Exeter MP: Steve Race (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
18 June 1974
Type
Public house
Address
Royal Oak Public House, 81, Fore Street, EX1 2RN
OS grid reference
SX 939 923
Coordinates
50.72142, -3.50384
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Oak Public House, located at 81 Fore Street in Heavitree, is a building that dates back to the 17th century but has been extensively rebuilt in a traditional style following war damage. It is constructed of cob and roughcast, featuring an original door with a hood. The building stands two storeys high and has three modern bay windows, which are both semi-circular and square in shape. The roof is thatched.

Local climate

Royal Oak Public House receives an average of 840 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 57% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 72% 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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