Presbytery To Roman Catholic Church Of St Mary And Attached Convent

The presbytery and attached convent date primarily from the early 18th century, with significant additions and alterations in the mid-19th century and the 20th century. The presbytery has a datestone of 1719 on its rear wing, while the convent bears a 1859 datestone on its former porch. Both are constructed of brick, with the presbytery being stuccoed and the convent of red brick with sandstone dressings. The presbytery has a graduated slate roof, and the convent a stone slate roof.

The presbytery’s front range, built in a Tudor style, is two storeys and two windows wide. It features a gabled single-storey porch with a shouldered outer opening. A painted shield above the porch displays the date 1850. To the right is a two-storey canted bay with mullion-and-transom windows, a lean-to addition to the left, and smaller windows on each floor. The rear wing has a raised band between floors and at the first floor, a plaque inscribed "1719" featuring the Blundell shield.

The convent, also in a Tudor style, is two storeys and a 2:3 window arrangement. A gabled two-storey former porch is centrally positioned and has a stone first-floor band that extends around it. The front has patched brickwork indicating the former position of a doorway at ground level, a sunk panel with a carved shield dated 1859 at first floor, and a segmental-pointed window in its left-hand sidewall. The main range to the left displays a segmental-pointed doorway, a 19th-century two-light mullioned stone window to the right, and two similar windows at the first floor. A square window, offset to the left at mid-level, is also present. The main range to the right, likely formerly a schoolroom, features two tall, formerly two-light mullioned windows with altered glazing, and a smaller window at the first floor to the left, also with altered glazing. The rear wall retains the remains of three large round-headed windows with brick voussoirs and stone keystones, suggestive of earlier chapel windows, along with various inserted windows and a single-storey service wing with a chimney. The interiors were not inspected. These buildings form a group with the nearby Roman Catholic Church of St Mary.