Littleholm Pound Cottages

House. Dating from the 16th century with later additions, the cottages are constructed of roughcast stone, likely with some cob, and have a thatched roof, half-hipped in style. A granite ashlar chimney stack with a tapered top and a projecting stone course sits on the ridge, off-centre to the left. The original plan comprised three rooms, likely with a central hall and a heated parlour to the left; a lean-to was later added to the lower right-hand end of the building. The house exhibits a double chimney stack at the upper end of the hall, a relatively rare feature in Devon. There are three windows across the front. All windows feature small-paned wood casements. An early 18th-century oak door with raised-and-fielded ovolo-moulded panels, a bead-moulded doorframe, and an old iron tethering ring is located on the right side, next to the lean-to. A 20th-century wood porch protects the entrance. A doorway with an old plank door and a 20th-century wooden porch is situated in the west gable.

Inside, the former hall contains a large open fireplace with a granite corbel on the left, supporting a chamfered wood lintel with run-out stops – likely a 17th-century replacement. To the right of the fireplace is a large oven with granite sides and a domed brick roof; the opening is framed in granite, has a curved top, a shallow granite shelf, and an old detachable wrought iron door with two handles and a surviving foot. A staircase fitted into a curve in the wall is located to the right of the fireplace; at its base are the chamfered wood jambs of an early door frame. The upper-floor beam is chamfered with large convex stops. The lower room to the right has a chamfered beam with step-stops, and includes a stud-and-panel screen with chamfered studs on the front and plain studs on the rear, featuring a doorway with a cranked head. The former parlour has a chamfered beam and a 20th-century fireplace. Roof timbers are plastered over, but at the division between the hall and lower room, one end of a tie beam truss is exposed. In a late 19th-century upper room at the left-hand end, the space was used as a Gospel Hall by the Plymouth Brethren, with external access from higher ground at the rear.