The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory, now divided into three dwellings, is believed to date from 1731, with an east wing added around 1800 and subsequent alterations. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with a stone slate roof. The building follows a U-shaped plan, comprising a single-depth main range facing south, a service wing to the west rear, and a recessed wing added to the east. The main range is three storeys and four bays, featuring a first-floor band. A doorway, originally framed by a moulded architrave, is now within a porch formed by a roof extended from a 19th-century bay window. The main range originally had two windows to the left and four at the first floor, all with 24-pane sashes and raised surrounds. The second floor has four square 12-pane windows with similar surrounds; the first sashed, the second blind but painted, the third a top-hung casement, and the fourth also a top-hung casement. A moulded eaves band is concealed by a gutter, and the gables have copings and kneelers. A ridge chimney sits at the junction of the first and second bays, and a gable chimney is located to the right. The wing added to the east is two storeys tall, raised over a high basement, and has sill bands to both floors. A large segmental-headed sash window is at ground floor, and a 9-pane sash above. The return wall of this wing features wide segmental-headed cellar windows, and large segmental-headed tripartite sashes at ground floor (the central window largely blind), with 9-pane sashes above. It has a hipped roof. The left gable wall of the main range has an 18-pane sash window at ground floor (with thick glazing bars), followed by 24-pane and 9-pane sashes above, with a dripband above the top window, carried round from the front eaves. The west side of the service wing, two storeys and four bays, has a central doorway, a modern bay window to the left, and otherwise four square 8-pane windows to each floor, with raised surrounds. The rear of the building features a gabled turret (possibly a former stair turret) centrally located, and a full-height lean-to addition to the left, with a 16-pane stair window. The interior of the east wing includes extensive cellars, notably a rear room with a stone curing table. An open-well staircase is present in the rear addition. A chamber in the first bay of the main range retains an 18th-century moulded plaster overmantel, a decorative egg-and-dart cornice, and walls seemingly lined with cardboard or a similar material, the purpose of which is unknown.