Little Pitt Cottage

Little Pitt Cottage is a timber-frame house, largely dating to the 16th century, with later alterations. The west front has a whitewashed rubble stone facade, while the south gable is also of timber-frame with whitewashed rubble stone. The roof is tiled, largely renewed around 1993, with a small hip at the north end and two brick stacks. A prominent hall stack on the ridge, to the left of the entrance, features a rubble stone base and weathercoursing. The south end stack is entirely brick and smaller. The house is one storey with an attic.

The west front features a door to the right of centre, with casement windows including a pair to the right, a pair to the left of the door, and a single casement on the extreme left, all set within chamfered, ogee-moulded oak frames. A catslide eaves dormer sits above a window to the left of the door. The door is accessed via a lean-to open porch with plain tiles, and the door itself has a massive chamfered frame, a Tudor-arched head, and a plank door with raised strips over the joins. Timber framing is visible above the door, extending to the eaves. A section of the wall projects slightly to the left of the door, indicating the former location of a stair, with a projecting stone shelf below the eaves.

The south end wall has a first-floor casement pair with a timber lintel under a stone hoodmould, accentuated by two stone flat dripstones. A small ground-floor lean-to is located to the right. The north end wall displays an exposed cruck truss on a rubble plinth, with the northwest blade cut at eaves. Rubble stone returns at ground-floor level to a doorway, while the remainder of the truss is box-framed. The first floor has a single casement to the left and a pair to the right, both with applied timber hoods. A ground-floor enclosed porch occupies the right side of centre, with a non-original doorway. A small casement window is located on the left. Whitewashed brick infill is visible within the timber frame panels.

The rear east wall has vertical timber studding on a long sole plate over a rendered plinth. Casement pairs have been inserted between studs, while another pair remains in the original window position, flanked by horizontal beams above and below. A wider rubble infilled section marks the former site of a chimney, displaying dowel holes indicating the removal of an original stud. A Tudor-arched doorway originally led to a cross-passage, but it is now infilled with stone and a small window. A section to the left has been rebuilt in stone with a casement pair window. All windows are likely 19th century, with timber lintels under painted stone dripmoulds. The ends of beams for the inserted hall floor are visible between the door and the hall window.

The house originally had a three-room and cross-passage plan. The centre hall is divided from the upper kitchen (formerly the parlour) by a box-framed partition on an oak sill, with a low depressed arched doorway to the south end. This partition predates the floors and extends to the roof. The hall contains a large, infilled stone fireplace with chamfered edges, three chamfered beams with chamfered joists, and stepped curved stops. Stairs were originally located to the right of the fireplace, evidenced by a curve in the wall; these were likely inserted in the 17th century when the hall was floored, blocking a massive doorway to the cross passage. A plank door with strap hinges leads elsewhere. The south-end room has a modern fireplace and a partly timber-framed partition. The upper north-end room exhibits heavy square joists.