Wilford Rectory

Wilford Rectory is a rectory built around 1720 for Benjamin Carter, who served as rector from 1694 to 1733. It has been altered in the 18th and 19th centuries, with a mid-19th century addition to the east. The building is constructed of red brick with ashlar dressings and features plain tile roofs with coped gables, along with four gable and a single valley stack.

The exterior includes a rendered plinth, first floor and eaves bands, and a dentillated eaves cornice. It has two storeys plus attics and a five-window range, arranged in a symmetrical front. The entrance features half-round ashlar steps leading to an eight-panel door with an overlight. To the left are two 15-pane sash windows, and to the right are two similar reglazed windows. Above these, there are five identical glazing bar sashes. The attics have three dormers with segmental and triangular pediments.

The 19th-century addition on the right side is two storeys high and has a ridge stack, featuring a canted two-storey bay window with three lights, plain sashes, and a brick cornice. The rear of the building has a panelled double door with an overlight, flanked by large glazing bar casements. To the right, there is a flat-roofed canted brick bay window with three sashes. Above this, a central round-arched stair window is flanked by two glazing bar sashes, and the attics have three hipped dormers.

Inside, the rectory features a central dogleg stair with a panelled soffit, turned balusters, and a ramped scrolled handrail. The panelled study, which was formerly a parlour, has a moulded cornice and a panelled wooden chimneypiece with an overmantel. The panelled dining room includes a mid-18th century bay window and a 19th-century fireplace. This rectory is an unusual example of a purpose-built rectory that is still in use today.