Stoney Royd Farmhouse

Stoney Royd Farmhouse dates to circa 1715. It is constructed of thin coursed hammer-dressed stone with ashlar dressings and quoins, and has a stone slate roof. The house is double-pile, with a symmetrical facade of five bays, the central three slightly projecting and defined by quoined angles and a pediment. The gable of the pediment, as well as the east and west gables, features copings and shaped kneelers. A plinth and cavetto-moulded string course run above the ground floor windows. The central doorway is approached by three semi-circular steps and features a lintel with a depressed Tudor arch inscribed "I M F," decorative composite jambs with a moulded surround, and the date 1715 (cyma, step, roll and step moulding). An oval sundial sits above the door, with spandrels engraved with "I F," "I M," "1 7," and "1 5." The windows are double-chamfered mullioned with tall lights; the central bays have two-light windows to each floor, and the outer bays have four-light windows. A gable stack is present on the left hand return wall. The rear elevation consists of five linear divisions; the first has a two-light window, the second a doorway with a basket-arched lintel and decorative surround, the third a four-light window, the fourth a tall cross-stair window, and the fifth a four-light window lacking two mullions, now used as a doorway. The first floor features a four-light window. The right hand return wall has a two-light window above a flat-faced mullioned window, and a small attic light is also present, with a second ridge stack.

The interior retains three fireplaces with flat segmental lintels. The original plan appears to incorporate a central housebody flanked by parlours, with a rear kitchen and back parlour separated by a quarter-turn staircase, which features a pulvinated closed string, square newels, turned balusters, and a landing. Steps lead down from beneath the stair to a cellar, which contains two tunnel-vaulted ranges lit by mullioned windows, suggesting an original design. The house represents a departure from traditional forms, showing Georgian influence while retaining the double-chamfered mullioned windows. The rear taking-in door indicates the house belonged to a prosperous clothier or wool merchant, and upper chambers at the rear may have been used for textile manufacture or a warehouse. Stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops are also present. The building is significant for its group value.