Little Oakhurst

Little Oakhurst is a house of mid-17th century origin, with later 19th-century and 1976 additions. It is timber-framed and predominantly weatherboarded, with brick and peg-tiled roofing, supplemented by 20th-century flat tiles. The west gable features a 19th-century chimney stack.

The north front has an original three-window timber-framed section, extended to the east with a two-window range, the break between the sections clearly visible in the walling and roofline. The original western part is fully weatherboarded with a peg-tiled roof, and has ground-floor windows that are 19th-century three-light casements with 6x4 panes. A 20th-century brick and timber lean-to porch is located at the east end, with glazed fixed lights on both the east and west sides, the western gable being weatherboarded and roofed with flat tiles. The eastern section of the house is of red brick on the ground floor and weatherboarded above, with a flat-tiled roof. Ground-floor windows are 19th-century casements of two lights with 6x3 and 4x2 panes, while first-floor windows are 3-light casements with 6x3 panes and a 2-light casement with 4x3 panes, all with glazing bars.

The south rear elevation mirrors the front, with a break between the old and newer sections. A 20th-century outshot runs along the entire length, featuring casements and a door with a gauze panel. A conservatory is located at the west end, and other 20th-century casements of varying sizes are present. A flat-roofed dormer with a 2-light casement is situated at the east end, alongside a similar dormer in the older section.

The west gable has two 20th-century casements on the ground floor and a three-light casement with 6x2 panes in the gable itself. The east gable, a 20th-century addition, includes a first-floor casement window and a smaller casement in the roof apex.

Internally, the original house comprises three bays and contains reused timber, including a tie-beam with arched brace pegs. The bridging joists feature lamb's tongue chamfer stops. Other notable features include common joists with diminished haunched tenons, pendant soffits, curved primary braces in the wall and partition framing, and faced halved and bladed scarfs in the wall top plates. Evidence suggests the original heating came from a lateral stack on the south side of the central room, indicating it was not originally of lobby entrance form. Little Oakhurst is part of a group with Haylands and Nunns.