Little Tratfort

Little Tratfort is a cottage, now used as a store, dating from the 17th century. It is constructed of stone rubble with a cement-washed scantle slate and corrugated iron roof featuring gable ends. A large projecting stone rubble chimney stack is located on the higher gable end. The building likely has a one-room plan heated by the large end chimney stack, with the entrance probably leading directly into the hall room. However, there is some evidence of rebuilding at the lower gable end, suggesting that the building may have originally extended further.

The cottage is two storeys high, with an altered front elevation that features an asymmetrical single-window design. The ground floor has an entrance on the left, topped with a slate hood, and a large hall window to the right, which is blocked on the exterior, although a niche remains on the interior. The first floor has a single-window opening. The lower gable end appears to have been rebuilt, and the rear wall has had its openings altered, with two blocked window openings on the ground floor and a small one-light opening at the higher end featuring a partly eroded round-headed stone arch. The window openings near the projecting chimney stack on the higher gable end are also blocked, with stone cills remaining.

Inside, the cottage has been remodelled, with part of the floor replaced and a 19th-century stair removed from the rear of the entrance passage. A heavy chamfered ceiling beam with run-out stops is present towards the lower end, while other ceiling beams are unmoulded and date from around the 19th century. The higher gable end features a 17th-century fireplace with a timber lintel, and there are several keeping holes in the rear wall. Another fireplace from the 17th century is located on the first floor. The oak pegged roof dates from the late 18th century. This building is possibly a rare survival of a 17th-century single-cell cottage.