The Royal Oak Public House

The Royal Oak Public House, built in 1931 by Jackson & Fox of Halifax for Thomas Ramsden & Son Ltd, is a vernacular revival style building. The building is constructed of snecked local sandstone in varied colours, with ashlar dressings, and has a roof of small, thick slates. It is 3 storeys high, with an irregular 6x3 bay arrangement.

The Clare Road elevation features a 3-storey gabled bay on the left and a full-height, projecting porch gable to the right, with a catslide roof over the door. The right gable has a roundel porch with brick-shaped stones and large stone blocks. Other windows include irregular block jambs, flat stone lintels, and sloping stone sills. The first floor has three stepped windows, a paired window, and a single window. The gable peak contains a blocked-in pointed arch with 1:2:1 lights. A carved picture of road transport from 1430 to 1930 is on a beam at the porch eaves, supported by a brick-shaped stone wall and a matching pillar to the left of the door. A recessed gabled bay to the left of the catslide has a triple ground-floor window with a lintel band, above a 2-storey canted oriel on stone brackets with timber framing. Projecting timber framed eaves feature bargeboards. The left return, facing Ward’s End, has a timber-framed gable with a full-width oriel window on each of the two floors; the 4 oriel brackets are richly carved, with heraldic animals on the central pair. The rear elevation, to New Road, is in a similar style, with a tapered external stack to the right of the canted corner timber frame. Gables are ornamented with carved bargeboards, and windows have leaded lights.

The interior retains a nearly complete original decorative scheme, including oak panelling and beams, C17 style chimney pieces in wood and stone, and stained glass motifs using high-quality glass. Original fittings by Oates and Green Limited of Halifax are said to be present in the gents' toilets. The timber is reportedly from the breaking up of HMS Newcastle, built in 1860.