Rectory Of St Clements Church

The Rectory of St Clement’s Church dates to circa 1878 and was designed by Paley and Austin, with later additions. It is constructed of dark brick with lighter brick dressings and a plain-tiled roof laid in scalloped bands and with ridge cresting. The main part of the building is two storeys high, with a three-bay plan and a two-window range. It features a central gable containing a panelled doorway within a pointed arch, set in a steeply gabled porch. To the left are four grouped pointed-arched sash windows. The right-hand bay is set back, with a separately roofed section featuring wide paired pointed-arched sash windows in a flat-roofed bay with a fretted parapet. Above the doorway is a taller arch with paired lancet windows, and paired windows are located above the left-hand bay. A lower block to the left represents a later addition, featuring a long run of five lancet windows to the ground floor and four above. The return elevation to the street includes a wide gable with a canted bay window on the ground floor, featuring narrow pointed-arched lights, and a triple window above. A four-light window is in the right-hand bay, above which is a paired window positioned within a stressed panel forming a gabled dormer. Axial end and rear wall stacks are present. The interior was not inspected.