The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is an early 19th-century dwelling, incorporating remnants from the 18th century, and subject to 19th and 20th-century alterations and additions. It is constructed of red brick with hipped slated roofs, and blue clay tiles on the service range. The building has an irregular, roughly T-shaped plan, with domestic sections on two sides of the rear garden and an outbuilding range flanking the entrance front. A double-pile range fronts the north, with an L-shaped range extending to the east.

The south elevation of the north range is two storeys and three bays, containing much rebuilt work. It has a tripartite ground floor window with an arched head and diagonally-crossing glazing bars; later windows are also present to the east. The first floor has undivided sashes beneath plain heads, and a single, pointed-arched window with intersecting glazing bars marks the east end. Attached to the south-east corner of the north range is an end bay of the L-shaped range, featuring stacked sash windows beneath wedge lintels with false advanced keyblocks. A hipped, single-storey entrance porch is located at the west end, with a full-height sash window to the west elevation. A three-bay, two-storey range comprises the south part of the L-shaped range, possessing three full-height sash windows with architrave surrounds to the ground floor and four-pane sash windows to the first floor, also lit by wedge lintels with false advanced keyblocks. The south gable has an off-centre projecting chimney breast, with a first floor window featuring small-pane glazing and an arcaded timber lattice-work verandah enclosing a double doorway within reeded pilasters.

The north elevation is a four-bay, two-storey range from the late 19th century, featuring a plain central doorway with a 20th-century door. It has four-pane sashes to the first floor with plain heads and cills. A double doorway is recessed to the west of the entrance, and a further recessed double opening is beneath a timber lintol. A sash window with 16 over 16 panes is located at the east end, and a small segmental-arch headed window is near the door.

A two-storey outbuilding range extends to the east side, attached to the rear of the L-shaped range and extending north to enclose the entrance approach. This stepped range originates from the late 18th century; the north end has a steeply pitched tile roof and an offshut, with full-height double boarded doors and two single doors, one providing access to a stable. A three-bay part with a shallow-pitched slate roof contains an internal flight of stone steps served by four external steps to the north end, beneath a semi-circular brick arch. It has three single doorways, the southern one with a 20th-century door, and a semi-circular headed doorway to the passage. A pointed arched window with intersecting glazing bars is found in the overloft.

The interior was not inspected, but is known to contain a first-floor drawing room decorated with hand-painted wallpaper depicting colonial life in Brazil, covering three of the four wall surfaces.