Royd Farmhouse

Royd Farmhouse is a farmhouse dating from the 17th century, with 18th-century additions, and possibly an earlier core. It is constructed of coursed, squared sandstone, with later work exhibiting a more regular pattern, and has a stone slate roof. The building has a twin-gabled front, formed by two adjoining, parallel ranges, each two rooms deep. It is two storeys high with two windows to the first floor.

The left-hand part of the building, likely dating from the 17th century, has quoins and square-faced window surrounds to each floor. The lower window has two sashes separated by a wooden mullion. The upper window is a three-light casement. The right-hand part, dating from the 18th century, has a plinth and tooled quoins. A panelled door is located to the left, set within a bonded ashlar surround. To the right of the door is a large two-light mullion window on each floor, both within square-faced surrounds and fitted with wooden casements. An ashlar ridge stack features a band and cornice.

At the rear, the 17th-century part has a casement in an early, deeply chamfered surround. To its right is an inserted doorway, which occupies the position of a former, double-chamfered mullion window opening. A square-faced window surround is visible on the first floor.

The left return shows altered walling indicating a removed lateral stack. On the right return, square-faced surrounds frame windows on each floor, with recessed mullions. To the left of the windows is a chamfered, quoined doorway. A matching end stack is located at the rear.

Inside, an interconnecting doorway to the rear of the house retains a heavy, oak, chamfered frame with a flat-pointed lintel within a matching gritstone surround, mostly obscured. The ground floor ceiling of the 17th-century section has stop-chamfered spine beams jointed into matching transverse beams, with stop-chamfered common joists. Above, a plank and muntin partition with a contemporary door opening to the right is set beneath a deeply cambered tie beam to a closed central truss, with wind braces to single purlins and original rafters.

The 18th-century part includes an unusual, voussoired arched fireplace to the ground floor front room. The kitchen at the rear retains a well-preserved range of three dressed ashlar fireplace surrounds. The extent of any former or existing timber framing within the 17th-century part remains unclear.