Rectory Hall

The Rectory, now a house, dates to 1601, though it incorporates fabric that may be earlier, and was renovated and altered internally in 1907. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with a stone slate roof. The building has a rectangular, four-unit plan, with a rear outshut and a rear wing at the right-hand end. It is two and two-and-a-half storeys, with five bays and three gables, and presents an almost symmetrical facade. The front includes a chamfered plinth and continuous dripmoulds on two levels. A central, two-storey gabled porch features a Tudor-arched outer doorway with a moulded surround, and a square datestone with a lengthy Latin inscription dated 1601 contained within a dripmould. Above the doorway is a recessed, transomed window of three round-headed lights with hollow spandrels. The gable above the window has a two-light window with a hoodmould, and a diamond-shaped sundial. Stone gable copings feature kneelers carrying open-work finials, with an apex finial. The ground floor has transomed windows of five, seven, six, and three lights; the first floor has windows of five, five, five, and three round-headed lights. The gables of the outer bays have two-light windows with hoodmoulds, and gable copings with kneelers bearing finials. The kneelers on the inner sides of the gables are linked to parapets over the inner bays, incorporating what appear to be relocated pseudo-gargoyles. Two ridge chimneys flank the porch, with an external chimney stack at the left gable and another at the right-hand gable. Lead downspouts and rainwater heads are present, with those to the left of the porch lettered "1907" and "JFH." The left return wall features a large, blocked window on each floor forward of the chimney stack, and a 20th-century canted bay window in a 17th-century style to the rear. The right-hand return wall has a blocked square window at ground floor, above which is a corbelled-out chimney and a transomed window of five round-headed lights (the outer lights originally blocked). A two-light attic window is also present, along with gable coping with kneelers and finials.

The interior includes a longitudinal partition between the front range and the rear outshut, possibly a remnant of a former timber-framed building, showing massive wall posts interrupted at the first floor by a horizontal beam, though some exposed closed studded framing is visible at the first floor of the left end. One principal room to the left of the porch features very large beams and secondary beams with a deep chamfer and triangular stops at the ends and at the junctions, with free-standing posts that appear to be modern additions. Otherwise, the interior has been altered. The inscription on the dated stone reads: "AND DONI : 1601 / FIDELIS PASTORIS NO / CAECI . DUCIS . NON . LATRONIC / DOMUS ROBERTUS . MORVUS . RECTOR . ECCESIAE . DOMUS / FVNDATOR . VAE SACRILEGO / VAENIMICIA LEVI (?) R.M. DEUT 33 VII