Royal Oak Public House is a Grade II listed building in the Westmorland and Furness local planning authority area, England. First listed on 25 March 1970. Public house.

Royal Oak Public House

WRENN ID
salt-steel-ivy
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Westmorland and Furness
Constituency
Westmorland and Lonsdale MP: Tim Farron (LD)
Country
England
Date first listed
25 March 1970
Type
Public house
Address
Royal Oak Public House, the Square, Lower Allithwaite, LA11 6QB
OS grid reference
SD 378 787
Coordinates
54.20069, -2.95425
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Royal Oak Public House is a public house dating from the early to mid 18th century. It is constructed of roughcast stone and features a slate roof. The building is two storeys high and has five bays. The windows are sash style with single glazing bars and horns. The entrance is adorned with flat pilasters, a frieze, and a flat canopy. There is a large cross-axial stack located at the left end of the building. The rear of the property includes a later wing and extensions. Inside, the pub has chamfered beams and a stone fireplace with a corbelled lintel.

Local climate

Royal Oak Public House sits in one of the wettest parts of the UK, with an average of 1,590 mm of rain a year. This makes it wetter than 99% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 99% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 24 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 75% of listed buildings. Of these, 10 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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