Rectory Farmhouse

Rectory Farmhouse is a house that dates from the mid 16th century and early 18th century, with additions from the 19th and 20th centuries. It features close studded timber framing on a stone plinth with plaster nogging and corner braces at the top, as well as red brick with a dentilled brick band at the first floor. The roof is steeply pitched and covered with plain tiles, featuring a large external stack on the west side that has a deep stone base with stepped bricks above, and a brick gable stack on the east side. The eastern 18th-century bay also has a brick coped gable and a dentilled eaves band.

The building has two storeys plus garrets, five bays, and an irregular plan. The main front consists of four timber-framed bays to the west and an early 18th-century brick bay to the east. The ground floor of the timber-framed section has been partially rebuilt in brick. There is a central segment-headed doorcase with a 20th-century glazed panelled door, which is sheltered by a 19th-century open porch. To the west, there are two small paned 20th-century casement windows, and a similar window in the brick part to the east. Above, there are five glazing bar sashes of varying sizes, with the largest on the west and the smallest on the east, along with two others that are slightly larger.

The west gable wall has a 20th-century glazed lean-to that is of no special interest, and there is an 18th-century addition attached to the south elevation featuring a mix of segment-headed windows and inserted 20th-century windows. Inside, the western room has two deeply moulded ceiling beams and a large early brick fireplace with a four-centred arch that connects to the external stack, complete with a relieving arch above. The eastern room contains re-set early 17th-century panelling and two early 18th-century cupboards flanking the fireplace, both with shouldered surrounds. Upstairs, much of the close studded timbering is exposed, and there are original four-centred arched doorcases. The western bedroom features a bolection moulded fireplace.