Description

DACRE MAIN STREET SE 16 SE (east side, off) Dacre Banks 8/51 The Royal Oak Public House

- II

Public house. Dated 1752. Grey gritstone ashlar to south front, coursed gritstone rubble to rear and gable ends. Graduated stone slate roof. 3 storeys, 3 bays. Rusticated quoins and plinth. Central door, now window with alternate stressed quoins and double keystone. Round-arched window in architrave with imposts and keystone to first floor, centre; remaining windows all have plain stone surrounds, those to ground floor being sashes with glazing bars, the remainder 4-pane sashes. Projecting band at first floor has inscription ' I ' above former entrance. Gable copings, end T I 1752 stacks, that to left rebuilt. Left return: C20 entrance to right of centre; original entrance, now window, on far left has a quoined surround as front. 2 ground-floor windows: C20 to left of centre, 8-pane sash to far right. First floor: two 4-pane sashes in plain stone surrounds; second floor: wide window with 2 small 4-pane sashes to left, sash window to centre, both in stone surrounds. Gable coping continues as projecting band at eaves level and across base of chimney stack.

Listing NGR: SE1969361917

External Links

• Royal Oak Inn official website
• Wikidata Q26498575

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Recommended Books

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  Hampshire: South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Bedfordshire, Huntingdonshire, and Peterborough (Pevsner Architectural Guides): Written by Charles O'Brien, 2014 Edition, Publisher: Yale University Press [Hardcover]
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  For the Record
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  Old House Eco Handbook: A Practical Guide to Retrofitting for Energy-Efficiency & Sustainability
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  Period Property Manual (New Ed)
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  Hertfordshire (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)