Description

HAWKHURST RYE ROAD
TQ 7630-7730 (south side)

Highgate
17/426 Royal Oak Inn
(formerly listed as
20.6.67 The Royal Oak Hotel)
GV II
Public house. C16 and altered C18, c.1869 and c.1900. Timber framed and
rendered and extended with painted brick. Plain tiled and slate roofs.
Main range of 2 storeys with 6 glazing bar sashes in box frames on first
floor, with oriels, c.1900, with mullioned and transomed windows to right
on ground floor with half-glazed doors to right and to centre left in tall
gabled porch, with mullioned and transomed pentice to left. Extensionn to
left of 3 storeys, gabled, with stacks to left and to right. Two sashes on
each floor, and mullioned and transomed pentice with glazed doors in gabled
porch to right on ground floor. One storey and attic hipped extension to
left, with flat roofed dormer. Interior: late C17 Wainscott to rear room, possibly imported. Projecting wing with extensive late C17 style Wainscott panelling, fluted and enriched pilaster surrounds and frieze and turned
baluster stair, all early C20. Originally a row of houses, photographs
show large stack to centre right, now truncated, and tile hung return
elevations.

Listing NGR: TQ7603330527

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26404531

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Recommended Books

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  Devon (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Essex: Buildings of England Series (Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Central Leinster: Kildare, Laois and Offaly (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of Ireland)
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  Huddersfield in 50 Buildings
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  Listed Buildings and Other Heritage Assets
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  Maintaining and Repairing Old Houses: A Guide to Conservation, Sustainability and Economy