The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory, now a private house, was built in 1885 by J.L. Pearson for the Rev. George Mason. It is constructed of coursed squared sandstone with sandstone dressings and decorative tile hanging, and has a complex hipped, gabled, and gambrel plain tile roof with prominent ridge and lateral stacks. The building is of two storeys and attics, with an irregular plan and elevations.

The north elevation, facing the street, has six bays. A gabled porch is positioned off-centre, featuring a gothic doorway with a double-chamfered surround and hoodmould, and a single transomed window in the return walls. To the right of the porch is a 20th-century garage door, an external chimney flank, and a stone cross window. The first floor has a cross window, a four-light mullioned and transomed staircase window, two more cross windows, and a three-light mullioned and transom window. Three gables are positioned above, with a small square window over the porch and two three-light mullioned windows.

The east elevation has, on the ground floor, a square bay window of one to five to one lights with a transom, and a five-light mullioned and transom window to the right. The first floor features a four-light mullioned and transom window, two single-light windows, and a cross window. A hipped roof rises above, leading to a tile-hung gable with a five-light window.

The south elevation is of six irregular bays. A prominent external stack is on the right-hand end. A lean-to three-light bay window is to the left, above which is an asymmetrically placed three-light mullion and transom window. Further to the left is a full-height canted bay of two to three to two lights with tile hanging between the windows. Adjacent to this is a gothic doorway and a window, beneath a gabled bay. A two-light staircase window is positioned above, with two transoms. A cross window is placed slightly higher to the left. A three-light mullioned window is in the gable. A projecting bay to the left has a four-light window on each floor, the upper one with a transom. A buttress is at the end of this bay, with a further single light window set back beyond. Some windows have leaded lights.

The interior includes a two-storey staircase hall with a closed string staircase featuring short turned balusters. Four- and six-panelled doors have brass push/pull handles. A Rococo fireplace, made by the Coalbrookdale company in 1856, is in the drawing room.