Description

GREAT AYTON HIGH STREET
NZ 5610
(north side)
12/58 The Royal Oak Hotel
- II
Hotel, dated 1721 on sundial over door, with alterations and early C19 exten-
sion. Coursed squared stone, colourwashed. Roof of plain clay tiles with
terracotta ridge and brick stacks. Main building 2 storeys and attic, 2 bays,
wide proportions. Lower extension 2 storeys, 2 bays. Altered central prostyle
porch shares entablature with wide canted bay at left. Smaller, similar bay
window at right and another in the left extension; subsidiary door at left.
First floor 16-pane sash windows in stone architraves. Sundial inscribed: 'Deus
adest laborantibus'. Roof of main house raised to mansard form, probably in
early C20, with 2 large dormers. End stacks, the left stone-coped, the right
rebuilt.

Listing NGR: NZ5626310696

External Links

• Historic England Listing
• Wikidata Q26601639

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Recommended Books

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  Somerset: North and Bristol: The Buildings of England (Pevsner Architectural Guides) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Surrey (The Buildings of England) (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Historic Environment Law: Planning, Listed Buildings, Monuments, Conservation Areas and Objects by Harwood, Richard (2012) Paperback
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  Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990
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  Yorkshire: York and the East Riding (Pevsner Architectural Guides: Buildings of England)
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  Old House Handbook: A Practical Guide to Care and Repair