Little Rull

Little Rull is a detached house dating from the late 15th century or early 16th century, with alterations from the 17th century. It underwent renovation and partial rebuilding in the 1970s. The building is constructed of cob with a stone plinth and is plastered under a thatched roof with gabled ends. An attached barn, which may have originally served as a shippon, has been converted into accommodation and features a pantiled gabled end roof.

A detailed survey by Peter Child and Michael Laithwaite noted that the building was in ruins at the time of their recording but has since been restored. Originally, it had a three-room, cross-passage plan and is now two storeys high. The front of the house has a three-window range, with two surviving 17th-century three-light casement windows on the first floor. These windows have latticed leading to the outer lights and eight leaded panes in the central lights, complete with elaborate catches. The rest of the front and the attached converted barn feature 20th-century barred casement windows.

There is a chamfered arched door surround leading to the cross passage. A large internal stack heats the inner room on the left and emerges from the front pitch of the roof, while an axial stack backs onto the passage, both with brick shafts. The rear of the house has all late 20th-century windows.

Inside, several features recorded by Child and Laithwaite are still visible. The original plan remains intact, although the partition at the lower end of the passage has been dismantled, and the shouldered door surround has been removed to allow access into the kitchen from the former end wall of the converted barn. A shouldered door surround leads from the passage into the hall, which is now open to the roof, revealing the inner-room jettying. Jointed crucks marked 'B' and 'C' are visible, though extensively renewed, while 'A', a cruck from an earlier building, is not visible.