Royal Oak

The Royal Oak is a house that was formerly an inn, featuring whitewashed roughcast walls and a slate roof with brick stacks at the ridge and left end. The building has three storeys and a four-window range, with the attic storey replacing former dormer gables. The attic contains three small lights under the eaves that do not align with the windows below. The main floors are fitted with timber cross-mullion windows, some of which may date from the late 17th century, while others are from the 19th century. To the right of the ridge chimney is a door, with two windows on each floor to the right and three unevenly spaced windows on the ground floor to the left, along with two aligned windows above. A modern gabled porch has been added.

To the right, there is a single-storey range that has been remodelled or replaced in the 20th century, originally an outbuilding shown in older photographs. The end gables indicate that the front roof has been raised. At the rear, there is a 2-storey southwest parlour wing from the 18th century, featuring a hipped roof that is slightly higher than the main roof and a brick ridge stack. A 20th-century porch is located on the west side, with a two-window range of cross-windows on the end wall. The adjacent stair gable is partly slate-hung and includes a cross-window at mid-height and a window in the gable. A lean-to to the left has one window above.

Inside, the layout has been significantly altered, featuring a three-room plan with a large chimney backing onto the entry. The left room was once two separate rooms and contains four stop-chamfered beams. The main fireplace on the right has a massive timber lintel and chamfered stone jambs, with a fireback dated 1641, along with a small fireplace in the left end wall. Some fielded panelled shutters are present. The rear southwest parlour has two beams and a blocked fireplace on the wall backing onto the original house. There is an enclosed dog-leg staircase to the right at the centre rear, which lacks datable detail. The centre room features a massive fireplace at the north end with a timber lintel and a fireback dated 1742, along with two stop-chamfered beams. A door to the left of the fireplace leads to a stone winding stair, but the lowest part has been rebuilt to exit into a passage leading to a 20th-century function room added at the north end. A small piece of panelling screens the right side of the entry, likely reused. The first floor has stop-chamfered beams with ogee stops, and there is a winding stair at the north end. The roof has been rebuilt, but one surviving truss indicates that the front roof has been raised.