The Royal Oak
THE ROYAL OAK
Listed on the National Heritage List for England. Search over 400,000 listed places
Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1137518
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Royal Oak
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROYAL OAK
Have you got a photo to share?
Join the Missing Pieces Project. We want you to share your photos and memories.
Location
Location of this list entry and nearby places that are also listed. Use our map search to find more listed places.
Use of this mapping is subject to terms and conditions .
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale.
What is the National Heritage List for England?
The National Heritage List for England is a unique register of our country's most significant historic buildings and sites. The places on the list are protected by law and most are not open to the public.
The list includes:
 |
Buildings |
 |
Scheduled monuments |
 |
Parks and gardens |
 |
Battlefields |
 |
Shipwrecks |
Images of England Project
- Date:
- 2000-08-30
- Reference:
- IOE01/02500/27
- Rights:
- © Alan Bamforth. Source: Historic England Archive
Local Heritage Hub
Unlock and explore hidden histories, aerial photography, and listed buildings and places for every county, district, city and major town across England.
Discover moreOfficial list entry
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1137518
- Date first listed:
- 25-Aug-1987
- List Entry Name:
- The Royal Oak
- Statutory Address 1:
- THE ROYAL OAK
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
The scope of legal protection for listed buildings
This List entry helps identify the building designated at this address for its special architectural or historic interest.
Unless the List entry states otherwise, it includes both the structure itself and any object or structure fixed to it (whether inside or outside) as well as any object or structure within the curtilage of the building.
For these purposes, to be included within the curtilage of the building, the object or structure must have formed part of the land since before 1st July 1948.
Location
- Statutory Address:
- THE ROYAL OAK
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- South Gloucestershire (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Cromhall
- National Grid Reference:
- ST 69945 91054
Details
ST 69 SE CROMHALL THE ROYAL OAK
1/271 BIBSTONE II
Inn. Late mediaeval, C17, much C19 and C20 external modification. Rubble stone whitewashed north and east fronts, rendered to west and in courtyard single Roman tile roof. Began as hall house, later floors inserted, extended to form L-plan in C17, this wing again extended or rebuilt in C19 and a single storey wing attached to right end of early building; the whole now forms a U-plan. Mainly two storeys, some former attic space, cellars. Range to left is gable to street with late C19 or C20 casement at first floor over small canted bay with pent roof; return, to courtyard, has sash at each level, upper halves with glazing bars, and a deep-set door, then 3 light paned wood casements at each level, under a cross-gable. Left return of this wing has large external stack, raised in brick, then twin-gabled unit with one 2 light casement, and a blocked window to right gable. Return front to courtyard has cross-gable off-centre, right, with 3-light casement and a small sash above a lean-to glazed enclosure within which is doorway. Return wing, right has various plank doors, a lofty flush loading door in dormer and gable to road. All gables to courtyard have applied timbering imitating close-stud framework. Chimney stack to right gable of early block, and back gable of service wing to right. Back has cross-gable to left with blocked opening, a 3-light and two 2-light wood casements, two of these with glazing bars.
Interior not inspected, information from survey by Linda Hall. Left wing includes a bressumer fire to stone cheeks, with a 1674 date in a good plaster overmantel; some chamfered beams. Chamfered beams with deep chamfers to centre, early block. Roof to main range has smoke blackened timbers, one truss is arch-braced, carries one row of purlins, diagonal ridge; one surviving wind brace, chamfered. Purlins chamfered and with stepped stops, principal rafters chamfered above collar. Plan and forms have been much modified; the hall range at some stage appears to have had a stack inserted, now removed, transforming this part, now one big space, into a cross-passage two or three-room plan.
(Unpublished information from Linda Hall: this report contained full analysis of plan development).
Listing NGR: ST6994591054
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 34896
- Legacy System:
- LBS
Legal
This building is listed under the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990 as amended for its special architectural or historic interest.
Map
This map is for quick reference purposes only and may not be to scale. This copy shows the entry on 04-Jun-2026 at 13:27:50.
Download a full scale map (PDF)End of official list entry
All text content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0 , except where otherwise stated. Any supplied maps are © Crown Copyright [and database rights] 2026 OS AC0000815036 and may not be reproduced without permission.