Vicars Pele

Vicar's Pele is a towerhouse vicarage dating from around 1400, with the exception of its gabled roof, which was added in 1910. The building is constructed from large squared stones, primarily made from re-used Roman material, and features a stone slate roof. On the east side, there is a pointed-arched doorway that contains an old oak door bolted into an iron grille. The windows are scattered, with small chamfered loops, except for larger trefoil-arched lights located on the north and south sides at the first floor level. A hollow chamfered cornice runs below a crenellated parapet, which is mostly fallen except on the south side, and there are remains of corbelled-out square angle bartizans. Several 18th-century headstones are affixed to the north and west walls, including one for John Robson, who died in 1753, featuring a semicircular pedimented top enclosing a cherub above a line of key ornament.

Inside, there is a drawbar tunnel in the inner jambs of the entrance and a similar arch leading from the entrance lobby into a barrel-vaulted basement. A mural stair leads to the lobby, which includes a shelf and sink. The first floor has window seats on the north and south sides, a fireplace with a moulded surround on the north side, and two wall cupboards on the west. There is a further mural stair leading to the second floor, where the floor timbers are missing, but it features a mural bookrest recess adjacent to a window in the northwest corner.

The tower currently houses a collection of medieval and earlier carved stones, and several medieval cross slabs have been re-used in the building's structure, mostly as lintels over windows and the mural stairs. This is the best-preserved vicar's pele in the county and was in use as the vicarage until the early 17th century.