Royal Oak is a Grade II listed building in the Stroud local planning authority area, England. First listed on 28 June 1960. Inn. 2 related planning applications.
Royal Oak
- WRENN ID
- steep-minaret-elm
- Grade
- II
- Local Planning Authority
- Stroud
- Constituency
- Stroud MP: Dr Simon Opher (Lab)
- Country
- England
- Date first listed
- 28 June 1960
- Type
- Inn
- Address
- Royal Oak, Church Road, Woodchester, GL5 5PQ
- OS grid reference
- SO 838 028
- Coordinates
- 51.72404, -2.23452
- Source
- Historic England listing
Description
The Royal Oak is an inn located on Church Road in North Woodchester. It dates from the early 17th century, with a mid-18th century addition. The building is constructed of coursed rubble, with some areas patched in brick, and has a painted finish. It features brick chimneys and a stone slate roof.
The inn is two stories high with an attic, and has a single-storey rear wing that forms an L-shape. The front of the building includes an early 17th-century cross-gabled section on the left, which has a single-window recessed chamfered mullioned design with hoodmoulds. There are three-light windows on both the ground and upper floors, a two-light window in the attic, and a blocked single-light window above. The addition to the right has timber casement windows with timber lintels.
On the ground floor, there is a continuous timber lintel above a six-panel door to the left, set in a chamfered opening, with a blocked doorway to the right. The building also features two gabled roof dormers with 20th-century casements. There are chimneys located on the original north gable end and at the north end of the addition.
At the south end, there is a single-window mullioned casement design similar to the front, but both attic openings are blocked. The interior has not been inspected. The Royal Oak has been recorded as an inn since 1781 and the cross-gabled section is noted as a good example of this local architectural style with a square plan.
Local climate
Royal Oak receives an average of 800 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 53% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 50% of listed buildings.
It experiences an average of 37 freeze-thaw cycles a year, more than 69% of listed buildings. Of these, 17 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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- Full EPC report — heating system, energy costs, size, glazing, construction etc.
- Sale history — 3 transactions since 2002
- Related listed building consents — 2 applications
- Detailed attributes — period, style, materials, features
- Flood risk assessment
- Radon risk assessment
- Weather exposure and heating demand — rain and frost month by month and year by year, wind direction, solar and humidity
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