The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory rebuilt around 1720 for the second Reverend John Hewitt. It is constructed of ashlar sandstone and features a graduated Westmorland slate roof. The building has two storeys with attics and is arranged in five bays across two sections. It has a plinth and raised quoins. The central doorway is adorned with a panelled door and an overlight, all set within a bolection-moulded surround topped by a segmental pediment. The other bays contain unequally-hung 15-pane sash windows in raised surrounds. A first-floor band runs beneath five similar windows, with the central window featuring an architrave. The eaves cornice is complemented by decorative iron gutter brackets. The hipped roof has three wooden dormers above the central bays, with the central dormer sporting a segmental pediment, while the others have triangular pediments. The ashlar stacks on the side ridges are topped with diagonally-set chimney pots.

At the rear, there is an addition that includes a 32-pane sash window for the stair. The right return features a 19th-century canted bay window on the ground floor to the left, and a door in the rear addition has an old part-glazed door set in an ashlar surround beneath a stone carved with a lion and crown. The left return retains an original cross-mullioned casement window on the first floor.

Inside, there is a fine early 18th-century cantilevered oak staircase with alternating barley-sugar and slender, turned balusters. At the foot of the staircase, there is a cupboard with linenfold panelling that has been reused from the old 16th-century rectory, consisting of five panels, two panels high, with carved heads above. The stair landing features two plaster roundels with cherubs, and the principal rafters are curved. An attached dwelling known as Rectory Cottage is not of special interest.