The Royal Oak is a Grade II listed building in the Cotswold local planning authority area, England. First listed on 11 February 1986. Inn.
The Royal Oak
- WRENN ID
- silver-jamb-sorrel
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Cotswold
- Constituency
- North Cotswolds MP: Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown (Con)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 11 February 1986
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- The Royal Oak, Gloucester Road, Andoversford
- OS grid reference
- SP 023 195
- Coordinates
- 51.87457, -1.96681
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak is an inn located at the end of a terrace, dating from the 18th century and likely built in two phases. It features an ashlar facade, with the rest constructed from coursed squared and dressed limestone, topped with an artificial stone slate roof and limestone and brick chimneys. The main structure is rectangular with parallel gables extending at the rear, and there is an extension that curves away to the left. There are 20th-century flat-roofed extensions at the back that are not of special interest.
The main body of the building has two storeys and an attic, which is illuminated by two 2-light roof dormers from the 20th century that include glazing bars. The facade has three windows; the first floor features 12-pane sash windows with wide glazing bars, while the ground floor has plate-glass sashes with horns and horizontal glazing bars. All windows are framed with plain architraves, and there is a band between the ground and first floor windows. The central entrance consists of a part-glazed door set within a Gibbs surround, and the building has a concave eaves cornice.
The extensions are designed in a similar style but have a lower roofline on the left side. They include three 2-light casements with horizontal glazing bars on the first floor and blind windows on the ground floor, along with a band between the ground and first floors. The main body has gable-end stacks, while the extension features a hipped roof with a gable-end stack. The interior has not been inspected.
Local climate
The Royal Oak receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 55% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is lower than that of 52% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 42 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 80% of listed buildings. Of these, 21 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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- Sale history — 1 transaction since 2018
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