Royds Hall

Royds Hall is a farmhouse, now a house, dating from the early 18th century. It has been altered and enlarged over time. The building is constructed of handmade red brick in random bonds, with sandstone dressings and a stone slate roof. It has a rectangular plan that is made double-depth by an early addition to the rear, all under the same roof.

The structure is two storeys high with six bays and features cellars and attics. It has an almost symmetrical appearance, with a prominent dripmould and unusual separate chamfered quoins. In the fourth bay, there is a wooden doorcase with carved consoles and an altered cornice. The vertical rectangular windows on both floors have flat-arched gauged brick heads, though the first, third, and fifth windows have been blocked with modern brick, and others have altered glazing. The stone gable coping includes kneelers, and there are large three-flue gable chimneys that are partly corbelled out, featuring diagonal centre flues. The rear slope of the roof has been raised to a shallower pitch and extends over the rear wall of the two lower storeys, which are of less interest. The interior has also been altered.