Building record 244/0/33 - Royal Oak Public House, Lime Avenue

A listed 17th century public house that has seen alterations in the 18th, 19th and 20th century.

{1} House, now Public House. C17. Altered C18 and C19. Squared coursed ironstone and coursed rubble, slate roof, brick stacks. 2 storeys and attic; 3 bays. Doorway in second bay from left has moulded wood frame, 6-panel door and flat timber hood on iron brackets. C20 bay windows on either side. 2-light window in left bay on first floor has wood lintel and C20 metal casement. 2-light window in centre with plain stone frame and old iron casement. Window to right has C17 moulded stone frame and 2-light wood casement. Coped left gable end with kneelers, hipped roof to right. Interior: Chamfered beams, open fireplace, altered C20. Included for group value.

{3} The ground floor of the pub appeared to have been much altered on previous occaisons.

{5} Undated photo;

{6} Three buildings were recorded; a stone-built 19th-century clubhouse which was rebuilt after a fire in 1893, a stone and brick post-1893 stable block attached to the club house and a 20th-century garage/store attached to the east end of the stable block. The buildings had all changed in use since their construction. The former Foresters clubhouse had latterly become a ‘Smoking Room’ with toilets added in the north part of the building. The stables retained tethering rings on their south wall but no evidence of stalls and most recently have been used for storage. The most recent building is the concrete block and brick lean-to attached to the east end of the stable range, probably built as a garage but now used to store picnic tables etc.

<1> Clews Architects, 1980s, Database for Listing of Historic Buildings of Special Architectural Interest: Northamptonshire, 8/83 (checked) (Digital archive). SNN102353.

<2> List of Buildings of Special Architectural or Historic Interest ("Greenback"), F03 (unchecked) (Catalogue). SNN45262.

<3> Ellison, M., 1999, SMR Report form, (checked) (SMR Report Form). SNN102800.

<4> Roger Coy Partnership, 1999, The Royal Oak, Eydon - Proposed Alterations, (checked) (Plan). SNN108078.

<5> Photographs of buildings in Eydon (Photographs). SNN111701.

<6> Cathy Coutts, 2024, The Royal Oak, Eydon, Northamptonshire: Historic Building Recording (Report). SNN116399.

Record last edited

Jun 26 2024 12:07PM