Royal Oak Public House

CREWKERNE

ST4409 HERMITAGE STREET 876-1/7/85 (West side) 06/09/74 Royal Oak Public House

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Inn, now public house. Mid/late C18. MATERIALS: coursed limestone rubble with Ham Hill stone plinth, a plain tile roof with the lower course of stone tiles; stepped stone coping and moulded kneelers to gable ends; brick stacks to left gable and left-of-centre. PLAN: double-depth plan. EXTERIOR: 2 storeys; 5-window range. The left side is virtually symmetrical 2-window range, with timber lintels over central C20 door and 3-light casements. An external stone staircase with iron railings extends from the right of the left section, to a door on the first-floor of the service end, with another door below the landing. To the right of it is a carriage entrance with doors, under an elliptical arch with stone voussoirs; to the far right are double garage doors, and between, is a plain door with leaded overlight. INTERIOR: The room to the far right, now a garage, has several layers of floorboards above the joists to the upper room, those visible are wide, possibly beechwood. The stable to the inside right has a roughly cobbled floor and planked divisions to 3 stalls with half-round tree supports; a manger to the rear is made from 2 rough planks. In the bars to the left of the building are 2 fireplaces; that to the far left is a small open fireplace with a stone lintel and jambs, that to the right has a shallow-arched oak beam. The facade constitutes a well-preserved example of an C18 inn.

Listing NGR: ST4407209448