Royal Oak Public House
ROYAL OAK PUBLIC HOUSE, HERMITAGE STREET
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Overview
- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281913
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Oak Public House
- Statutory Address:
- ROYAL OAK PUBLIC HOUSE, HERMITAGE STREET
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- Heritage Category:
- Listed Building
- Grade:
- II
- List Entry Number:
- 1281913
- Date first listed:
- 06-Sept-1974
- List Entry Name:
- Royal Oak Public House
- Statutory Address 1:
- ROYAL OAK PUBLIC HOUSE, HERMITAGE STREET
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:
- ROYAL OAK PUBLIC HOUSE, HERMITAGE STREET
The building or site itself may lie within the boundary of more than one authority.
- District:
- Somerset (Unitary Authority)
- Parish:
- Crewkerne
- National Grid Reference:
- ST4407209448
Details
CREWKERNE
ST4409 HERMITAGE STREET
876-1/7/85 (West side)
06/09/74 Royal Oak Public House
II
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
Legacy
The contents of this record have been generated from a legacy data system.
- Legacy System number:
- 390363
- 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.
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