Royal Head P.H.

The Royal Head Public House is a 17th-century timber-framed building with a lobby entry, featuring later 19th-century alterations. It has been significantly extended to the right during the 19th century. The building showcases a long black and white square panelled frontage, with two storeys and a three-window arrangement on both floors, along with an added ground floor shopfront. The left section contains wattle and daub infill, while the right section has brick nogging, which was recently rendered. The roofs are slate, with the left side recently renewed and slightly higher on the right. There is a modern red brick chimney stack on the left and a dark stack in the centre of the right section. The eaves are wide boarded on the left and feature a dentil eaves band on the right.

The 17th-century part has flush frame sash windows of varying sizes; those on the first floor are small pane, with the central window being a 16-pane design beneath a gable adorned with ornamental bargeboards and a pendant. The ground floor features generally larger sashes, including two fixed glazed windows, while the windows in the 19th-century section are recessed. The shopfront on the right is altered, with a cornice and pilasters supporting an 8-pane window. There was also a shopfront at the left end, as seen in early 20th-century views. The main entrance to the public house is a modern boarded door, with a recessed half-glazed door to the right of the shopfront.

The left gable end is finished in pebbledash over rubble, with casement and sash windows, and a red brick extension beyond. There are modern extensions at the rear. Originally, a large yard was enclosed by additional buildings, as indicated on the first edition Ordnance Survey map.

Inside, the hall, which now serves as the main bar, features an inglenook fireplace with a deep bressumer and stop-chamfered ceiling beams. The partition between the hall and the parlour has been removed, and the parlour includes a rubble triangular projection, likely a 19th-century addition with two linked angle fireplaces that heat the service rooms at this end.