Full Report for Listed Buildings
The list description is not intended to be a complete inventory of what is listed: it is principally intended to aid identification. By law, the definition of a listed building includes the entire building (i) and any structure or object that is fixed to the said building and ancillary to it and (ii) any other structure or object that forms part of the land and has done so since before 1 July 1948, and was within the curtilage of the building, and ancillary to it, on the date on which said building was first included in the list, or on 1 January 1969, whichever was later.
Summary Description
Reference Number
87483
Building Number
Grade
II
Status
Designated
Date of Designation
01/06/2006
Date of Amendment
01/06/2006
Name of Property
Royal Oak Public House
Address
Location
Unitary Authority
Cardiff
Community
Adamsdown
Town
Locality
Easting
320226
Northing
177498
Street Side
SE
Location
On the corner of Broadway and Beresford Road.
Description
Broad Class
Commercial
Period
History
Late C19 public house.
Exterior
Public house. Brown rock-faced stone with painted dressings, and band courses; hipped slate roofs with terracotta cresting, brick chimneys. Main 3-storey corner block of 4 windows to Broadway and 4 windows to Beresford Road with splayed one-window corner bay. On upper floors, 12-pane horned sash windows. On ground floor, large windows with 3-centred arches. In Broadway elevation, second arch from L is doorway. Corner doorway. In Beresford Road elevation, L arch is doorway. The bar windows in Beresford Road have, behind modern glass, old stained glass panels with inscriptions eg “Irish & Scotch Whiskies”. Over all 3 entrances, a lantern on a bracket. To Beresford Road lower 2-storey, 4-window wing in same materials. Twelve-pane sash windows to first floor, and on ground floor, camber-headed tripartite sash windows. Contemporary flat-roofed WC extension to rear.
Interior
The interior retains much of its original character, and is still divided into separate rooms. Original bar fittings remain. Lobby to Broadway entrance with timber partitions. Long bar to Beresford Street has archway through to rear bar with stained glass. Some cornices, ceiling roses etc.
Reason for designation
Well-preserved late C19 purpose-built public house particularly rare in preserving much of its original planning in the bar areas.
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