Little Ryle Farmhouse

Little Ryle Farmhouse is a bastle house dating from the late 16th century to early 17th century, with 19th-century additions. The original section is built of random rubble, while the later parts are made of dressed stone, all topped with Welsh slate roofs. The building is two stories high, featuring a lower addition on the west side and single lean-to additions on the east and north sides.

The bastle likely has its original ground-floor doorway located in the middle of the long north wall, which is now within a later lean-to. Above this doorway, there is a blocked original first-floor doorway with a segmental-arched head. Additionally, there are two blocked 2-light mullioned windows and one sash window in a similar frame. To the right of the upper door, there is a patch of disturbed walling that is concave in shape, possibly indicating the former presence of a projecting staircase turret.

On the south side, which has been partly rebuilt in the 19th century, there is a 6-flush-panelled door and 19th-century sash windows. The east gable features two blocked 2-light mullioned windows on the first floor. The 19th-century addition includes 12-pane sash windows.

Inside, the walls are 5 feet thick, and the ground floor has a barrel-vaulted ceiling, although the vault has been broken in the center to accommodate a 19th-century staircase. One ground-floor room contains early 18th-century panelling and a fireplace, along with a moulded dado rail and internal shutters. On the first floor, there is a stone fireplace from the 17th century, featuring a Tudor-arched lintel and a moulded surround.