Royal Oak, Frindsbury
The Royal Oak, in Frindsbury, a Medway town in Strood, Kent, is a public house in the United Kingdom.[1]
The building was likely first built around the late 17th century as a house, given the layout of the rectangular lobby entrance and the chamfered beams, and had a timbered frame. By 1754 it was in use as a public house. It was mentioned in the Melville's Directory of 1858, with Joseph Charlton as the licensee.[1]
In the late 18th or early 19th century it was given a Flemish Bond brick face, and the rear was extended with a catslide roof. The tile roof has weatherborded gables. The main part of the building is two storeys high, with an attic and cellar.[1]
The front ground floor was remodelled around 1900-1930, with a doorcase removed and a fascia and cornice added, and again remodelled later in the 20th century. Single-storey extensions were added to the north in the 1960s, and also to the rear (both with flat roofs), and the south in the 20th century. A large amount of the pre-1840 fabric of the building, including first floor joinery, survives into the 21st century.[1]
The pub closed in 2015.[1]
The building was Grade II listed on 24th May 2016 due to its architectural interest and the intactness of the pre-1840 parts of the building, excluding the later extensions (aside from the first extension to the rear), and modern bar fittings.[1]