The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a building that was originally a rectory and is now a house. It dates from the mid-18th century and features an east range with a later west wing added between the late 18th and early 19th centuries, creating a Garden Front. The building underwent alterations in 1794 for Reverend George Holiwell, with further internal changes and additions to the east wing made in 1883 by James Fowler of Louth. An early 20th-century porch and bay windows from around 1960 have also been added.

The structure is made of squared chalk with brick dressings, featuring a stack and gable end on the east section, while the later sections are primarily brick and whitewashed throughout. It has pantile roofs and is L-shaped in plan, consisting of a two-room central entrance on the west Garden Front. The east wing has been significantly altered and includes a single room with a later entrance hall to the left, an entrance and single room extension to the right, and a continuous rear outshut.

On the west front, the building rises three storeys and has three symmetrical bays. A 20th-century glazed door is set beneath a round-headed brick arch, flanked by flat-roofed brick bay windows. The first floor features 12-pane flush sash windows, while the second floor has unequal 9-pane flush sashes, all with 20th-century tile cills. The eaves are stepped in brick, and the gables are stone-coped with end stacks.

The south front of the east wing also rises three storeys and has three first-floor windows, with a single-storey and attic section to the right. The entrance on the right has a doorcase that was re-set from the west front in 1883, featuring panelled pilasters that support a gabled hood. It includes a six-panelled door (with the top two panels glazed) and a radial fanlight in a beaded-panel arched reveal. To the left is a tripartite sash window with glazing bars in a flush wooden architrave, and a similar sash is found in the extension to the right. There is a 20th-century flat-roofed porch at the left angle. The first floor has 12-pane sashes in flush wooden architraves with stucco cills, while the second floor has unequal 9-pane sashes in similar surrounds. The east wing features stepped brick eaves, a stone-coped gable, and an extension to the right with a tumbled brick gable and stone coping, along with a projecting end stack flanked by 6-pane attic sashes.

Inside, there is a section of a late 18th to early 19th-century staircase leading to the first floor, which has column-on-vase balusters, along with panelled doors in architraves.