Little Brook

Little Brook is a house that was once divided into two cottages, likely built in the late 17th century or early 18th century, with the north-east end possibly being a later addition. It is constructed of granite rubble and features a thatched roof with small gablets at the front and back of the north-east end. The house has two plain thick stone chimneystacks on the ridge, one located on the south-west gable and the other, made of ashlar, towards the north-east end. There is also a smaller stone stack, likely from the early or mid-19th century, on the north-east gable.

The house has a three-room plan, and the original structure may have consisted of just the two south-west rooms, creating a roughly symmetrical layout with end chimneys. The south-west room appears to have once belonged to a separate cottage. The building is two storeys high and three windows wide, featuring 20th-century metal casements on the ground floor and 19th-century wooden casements with glazing bars above. The left-hand window is slightly projected, matching a similar feature at the rear.

At the right-hand end, there is a doorway with an old plank door, a bead-moulded frame, and a cast iron knocker, along with an open-fronted stone porch that has a wooden pent roof. To the left of this doorway is a blocked opening, which may have been a former doorway. The left-hand doorway has a chamfered, shouldered-head wooden frame with scroll-stops; while it shows some age and has pegged joints, its crisp outline suggests it may not be medieval or even from the 16th century. In front of it is a 20th-century glazed stone porch.

Inside, there are few notable features. On the ground floor, the south-west gable fireplace has a heavy granite lintel that is chamfered with run-out stops. The fireplace in the middle room, possibly in the original gable-end, also has a granite lintel but lacks the chamfer. The upper floor is supported by plain joists that run from front to back, and the roof features plain trusses with feet resting on the wall tops, with collars pegged to the faces of the principal rafters.