The Old Rectory And Attached Stable Block

The Old Rectory and attached stable block is a rectory, now a house, built between 1759 and 1760, possibly by Jason Harris. It was moved to its current location in 1771 by James Denston, and the main facade design was re-drawn by Robert Adam. The building is constructed of red brick with stone dressings and features a hipped Welsh slate roof with lateral brick stacks, while the stables have a tiled roof. It has a stone plinth and a moulded stone eaves cornice, and consists of two storeys over a basement that is partly underground.

The south elevation is symmetrical with three bays and a pediment. The central bay has a giant recessed blind arch, with an impost band that forms a first-floor sill band. The ground floor features three glazing bar sash windows in moulded stone architraves, with the central window being more elaborate, adorned with consoles and a balustrade. Above, there are three smaller glazing bar sashes under gauged brick lintels, and a bull's eye window in the pediment. The east elevation also has three bays, with a central Venetian type doorway that includes fluted pilasters and a steep triangular pediment on consoles, along with narrow glazing bar sash side lights and a raised and fielded panelled door. To the right is a glazing bar sash window under a gauged brick lintel, with three similar windows above.

The lower stable range to the west has a south elevation featuring a round-arched doorway with a stone surround, flanked by large lunette windows with stone surrounds, one similar window above, and a 20th-century casement window.

Inside, there is an early 18th-century staircase with an open string and two twisted balusters per tread, along with a heavy ramped handrail. The interior also includes early 18th-century panelled doors and upper rooms with bolection moulded door surrounds. The drawing room features a Greek key dado rail. Some of the early 18th-century features may have been salvaged from the old Kedleston Hall, which was being demolished at the time the rectory was built.