Little Manor House

This is a late 16th and early 17th century house with 20th-century additions to the rear. It is constructed of timber frame, with exposed timber on a brick and clunch plinth, rendered infill, and plain tiled gable roofs. A large red brick ridge stack with a moulded upper edge and four rebuilt shafts is a prominent feature. The house consists of two ranges forming a hall and crossing plan.

The late 16th-century crosswing is two stories high, with a jettied first floor supported by shaped brackets. The jetty was underbuilt with timber framing likely in the early 18th century. The timber framing in this wing features close studding and curved downward bracing at the first floor. It has two bays and part of a third bay, with two 20th-century windows to the gable end, though two original window openings have been blocked in the side wall.

The 17th-century hall range has slender timber framing with wide spacing and straight bracing. The ground floor front wall has been replaced with brick, and the two windows and porch are 20th-century additions.

Internally, the crosswing was probably a parlour range to a hall that was rebuilt in the 17th century. Some original framing is visible. The main beam of the ceiling has an ovolo moulding, though the joists are concealed by original plaster. An inglenook hearth is constructed of dressed clunch, with the initial "W" carved on the right-hand jamb. The roof is of original clasped, side purlin construction.

The hall contains a brick and clunch inglenook hearth adjoining that of the parlour, with small recesses for spices and salt. The bressumer over the inglenook has peg holes, possibly for the original timber frame stack. The main beam has a double cyma moulding, with only one leaf stop suggesting it might have been reused. Panelling from an early 17th-century screen, originally at Mill Farmhouse, Hauxton (now demolished), has been reused in two doors. A chamber above features an original early 17th-century carved clunch mantel to a small fireplace, now sealed. The ceiling here is probably 19th or 20th century, as evidence of lathes and plaster on the soffit of the collars and rafters suggests the original ceiling was removed. The roof is of butt purlin construction with tenoned common rafters to the purlins.