The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a Grade II listed building located on Rectory Lane in Finingley. It was built in 1704 for Reverend George Barniston, with a 19th-century addition that has since been reduced in size. The building features cement rendering, while the 19th-century addition is made of yellow brick, and both sections have Welsh slate roofs.

The structure has an H-shaped plan and consists of a two-storey, five-bay 18th-century range with a central rear wing that connects to a two-storey-and-attic 19th-century range set parallel to the front. The 18th-century facade on the south front includes an ashlar and rendered plinth, with a central part-glazed door beneath a pedimented hood supported by consoles. The windows feature projecting stone sills and sashes with glazing bars set in flush wooden architraves, with shouldered yellow-brick end stacks.

On the left side, the 18th-century gable displays a weathered date plaque reading 'George/B..../Rector/ 1704'. There is a flat-roofed 19th-century porch on the left with a Tudor-arched doorway and a hoodmould. Above the porch, the wing has an unequally-hung 15-pane sash window. The gabled mid-19th-century wing on the left has a chamfered plinth and chamfered, quoined stone surrounds for the mullioned and transomed wooden casements, with three lights on the ground floor and two lights on the first floor and attic. It features large kneelers and ashlar gable copings with apex finials, along with brick stacks at the junction with the 18th-century range on the right.

The right return of the 19th-century wing includes a canted bay window on the ground floor, with the rest of the gable matching the other side. Inside, the ground-floor room on the left of the 18th-century facade contains an iron firebasket in a pine surround, complete with a pulvinated frieze and cornice.