Description

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

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26570928

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Recommended Books

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  London 3: North West: North West v. 3 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  [(Bedfordshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough)] [By (author) Nikolaus Pevsner] published on (January, 1968)
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  Yorkshire West Riding: Sheffield and the South (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Dorset (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Listed Buildings, Conservation Areas and Monuments
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  Gloucestershire 1: The Cotswolds: Cotswolds Pt. 1 (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)