The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a building of group value, dating back to the late 14th or 15th century, with a kitchen wing likely from the 16th century. The main block was largely rebuilt in the early 18th century, with a north wing probably also dating to the 18th century, and further bay windows and additions, including heightening of the north wing, added in the early to mid-19th century.

The tower-house is constructed of massive rubble with megalithic quoins, which were later tooled to resemble coursed masonry. The main block’s south front is of squared stone, while the right return, kitchen wing, and ground floor of the north wing are of coursed rubble. The 19th-century additions are of tooled squared stone with cut dressings, and some ashlar. The main block has a Welsh slate roof, while the kitchen and north wings have Scottish slates. Brick stacks are rendered. The overall layout is an L-shape.

The south elevation, two stories high, is divided into two parts. The main block has a symmetrical arrangement of 2, 1, and 2 windows. It includes a chamfered plinth, rusticated quoins and a central half-glazed door with a patterned overlight in a raised-and-chamfered stone surround. Broad canted bays flank the door, featuring moulded cornices and 12-pane sash windows in chamfered surrounds. Five similar windows are above, set in 18th-century raised stone surrounds. There's a coped gable with moulded kneelers on the right, and end stacks. To the left, the tower house was reduced in the 18th century to fit the facade. There are traces of a blocked ground floor window, with a sash in a raised stone surround above; the roof is hipped to the left.

The left return of the tower has three bays with first-floor plate-glass sashes in 18th-century openings. The right return has a three-bay kitchen wing with first-floor four-pane sashes, and a lower north wing to the far right. The twin-gabled north elevation includes a flush-panelled door with a three-pane overlight, and several sash windows. The kitchen wing on the left has two 12-pane sashes in 18th-century raised stone surrounds and a coped gable with moulded kneelers. Further sash windows are found in the lower north wing.

Inside, the ground floor of the tower contains two square chambers with parallel segmental vaults, divided by a cross-wall with a chamfered doorway. The southern chamber has a 4-centred fireplace and a mural stair with lintels on chamfered corbels. The main block features an open-well open-string stair from around 1800 with stick balusters, a ramped and moulded handrail, a curtail step, and a carved newel. Contemporary cornices include Greek key ornamentation, and in the sitting room, a rose cornice. There are six-panel doors and panelled shutters. The kitchen wing has walls over 1 meter thick.