Royal Oak Inn is a Grade II listed building in the Torridge local planning authority area, England. First listed on 21 February 1977. Inn.

Royal Oak Inn

WRENN ID
still-frieze-dust
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Torridge
Constituency
Torridge and Tavistock MP: Sir Geoffrey Cox (Con)
Country
England
Date first listed
21 February 1977
Type
Inn
Address
Royal Oak Inn, the Square, Dolton
OS grid reference
SS 569 120
Coordinates
50.89041, -4.03484
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Oak Inn is a 17th-century inn that has been heavily remodeled in the early to mid-19th century, with further alterations and additions made in the 20th century. It features plastered rubble and cob walls, topped by a gable-ended slate roof with two brick gable-end stacks. The original layout is not entirely clear, but it likely consisted of a two-room plan with two gable-end fireplaces and possibly a central passage.

The exterior is two storeys high and presents a symmetrical three-window front, showcasing early to mid-19th century tripartite sash windows with 15 panes, while the first-floor window has 9 panes and is set within a central slightly projecting gabled porch. The outer first-floor windows are adorned with arched hoodmoulds that have decorative stops. A 20th-century single-storey porch has been added in front of the original two-storey porch. The building also features rusticated quoins and decorative 19th-century bargeboards.

Inside, the inn has been significantly altered in the 20th century, but it retains a fireplace with a 17th-century chamfered wooden lintel in the left-hand room.

Local climate

Royal Oak Inn sits in a wetter-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 970 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 76% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 79% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 21 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 78% of listed buildings. Of these, 8 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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