The Old Rectory Museum

The Old Rectory Museum is a Grade II* listed building that consists of two bays of a medieval hall-house, which is now in ruins, with part of the lower end rebuilt as a museum. It dates from the late 13th century or early 14th century and has seen later alterations. The structure is built of coursed rubble with ashlar dressings. The walls appear to have been thickened, possibly in the 16th century, and feature cross passage doors that have two-centred arches on the exterior and four-centred arches on the interior.

The lower end has three arched doorways leading into a service area, with the central doorway being mutilated. These doorways are linked by an ashlar surround, which includes fine geometrical traceried spandrels. There is a low cusped-headed doorway on the right that leads to a staircase. The left-hand return front of the lower end incorporates some old timbers that were arranged when this block was rebuilt as a museum in the 1960s. At the rear, part of the ashlar surround to a doorway opposite the central opening from the hall survives, situated below the coping for the gable of a building beyond, presumably the kitchen. There is also a single-light cusped opening on the first floor. The Rectory was enlarged at later dates, particularly after a fire in 1826, but in 1962, all parts of the building except for the medieval sections were demolished.