Little Doccombe

This is a house, likely originally a farmhouse, probably dating from the 17th century, with alterations from the 19th century. It is constructed of rendered granite rubble, with an asbestos slate roof that is gable-ended. A tall axial stack of dressed granite rises from the centre, featuring dripmoulds and a granite capping. A second, smaller granite stack is on the right-hand gable end, and a lower stack is on the left-hand gable end.

The house originally had a 3-room-and-through-passage plan, with a heated lower room containing a gable end stack to the right and a hall with an axial stack backing onto the passage. An original fireplace is in the inner room, positioned at what was the higher gable end. A single-room extension was probably added in the 19th century to the left, and a single-storey extension was added in the 20th century in front of it.

The front of the house is asymmetrical, with a five-window facade. The upper floor has two-light casement windows, probably from the late 19th century, with small panes of glass, with the left-hand window being a single light. The ground floor has 2-light casement windows, most from the late 19th century and with small panes, with the far left and far right windows being 20th century replacements. A wide plank door, with an inserted light, is located to the right of centre, beneath a 20th century open-fronted porch with granite rubble flanking walls. A single-storey extension projects from the left end.

The interior retains all three original 17th-century fireplaces. The fireplace in the lower room has a chamfered wooden lintel with run-out stops, a brick oven, and a shallow shelf behind the fireplace. The hall fireplace has an ovolo-moulded wooden lintel and monolithic granite jambs, with a wall cupboard beside it. The fireplace in the inner room is smaller, now blocked by a range, but retains its ovolo-moulded wooden lintel.