Lightcliffe Royd

Lightcliffe Royd is a house dating from the mid-17th century. It is now divided into two separate dwellings. The house is constructed of ashlar stone with a stone slate roof. It has a two-storey south front, and a single-storey wing to the rear. The original plan comprised of three rooms with a through-passage, and a single-storey gabled porch to the south front, which is contemporary with the main building. The south front features double-chamfered mullioned windows, including a five-light window to the parlour, a seven-light window to the housebody, and a former two-light window that served as a fire window. The porch has a coped gable with kneelers and spiral decoration. It contains a Tudor-arched doorway with a moulded surround, and shields are set within the spandrels. A three-light window is located at the service end, which has a later bay added around 1983 that is not sympathetic to the original style. The first-floor windows lack some mullions and each has a hood mould with decorative stops, one bearing the initials "IB”. Windows on the left-hand return wall include a two-light window to the wing at first floor level. The rear of the house has a five-light window, along with chamfered mullioned windows of two lights to either side, and another of three lights. A doorway set back from the wing has a Tudor-arched lintel and a chamfered surround. A two-storey extension was added around 1983, with a flat roof that is out of character. There are three stacks on the ridge.

Inside the housebody, the spine-beams are stop-chamfered and joined with scarf joints, and there is evidence of a former bressumer. The parlour has a fireplace with a Tudor-arched lintel and chamfered surround. Doorways with Tudor-arched lintels flank the through passage.