Little Halvose

Little Halvose is a house dating from the 18th century, which was extended in the late 18th century and again in the 20th century. The building features painted rubble and cob walls, slate sills, and wooden lintels, topped with thatched roofs and brick chimneys at the gable ends, along with a hipped roof on the lower left and a 20th-century half-hipped wing at a right angle to the front right.

Originally, the house had a plan of two rooms flanking a central vestibule or cross passage, built into a bank at the rear. It was extended in the late 18th century by adding one room to the right (south) and a single-storey store or cellar to the left. Further extensions to the right and front right occurred possibly in the late 19th or early 20th century, with additional work at the front in the late 20th century. The original right-hand gable end was likely removed in the 20th century.

The house is two storeys high with an overall three-window west front, which includes a single-storey bay on the left and a projecting wing on the right from the 20th century. The original front is slightly irregular with two windows toward the left. The doorway is located to the right of the middle and now features a 12-pane, 2-light casement. The right-hand window, which is now a doorway, has a 20th-century glazed door, while the other windows are early 19th-century, featuring 12-pane, 2-light horizontal sliding sashes. The late 18th-century extension on the right has an old 12-pane, 2-light casement on the first floor and a 20-pane casement below from the 20th century. The single-storey bay on the left has a doorway with a divided ledged door on the right and a 6-pane casement on the left. The interior has not been inspected. The house has been significantly extended in the 20th century in a pastiche vernacular style but retains much of its 18th-century character, remaining largely unaltered since the 19th century. It is situated on high ground at the head of the village.