The Rectory

The Rectory is a house, now divided into two separate dwellings, dating from the early 18th century. It incorporates remains of a late medieval house and has undergone later alterations. The building features rainwater heads dated 1795 and is constructed from coursed squared sandstone with quoins. The roof is made of graduated Westmorland slate with stone gable copings. The structure has an H-plan layout and stands three storeys tall with a window arrangement of 2:5:2.

On the east elevation, there is a half-glazed central double door set in a bolection-moulded surround, which is topped by a pulvinated frieze and an open scrolled pediment that contains a coat of arms. Above this, a floating cornice is dated 1709. The first of the central five bays features a half-glazed door with an oblong fanlight, while the other central bays have casement windows, with the fifth bay having glazing bars. The remaining windows in the central block are sashes with flat stone lintels, irregular block jambs, and sloping stone sills. The outer bays under the gables have similar windows, except for bays one and two on the ground floor, which have casements with glazing bars. The inner returns have blocked windows with stone surrounds. A cornice and coped parapet sit between the gables, and there are four tall ashlar chimneys located on the south ridge, at the right end, and two at the rear.

Inside, the principal room features fielded panelling and a large bolection-moulded chimney-piece. The doors leading from the stairwell have scrolled and lugged architraves. The staircase has double spiral balusters alternating with barley-sugar balusters and a wide flat handrail. The south wing contains early 18th-century doors throughout, a fragment of a stone spiral stair at the rear on the first floor, and a closed-string stair with moulded plank rails and a wide grip handrail.