The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house, originally a rectory, largely dating from the early 19th century, with alterations around 1890. It is constructed with a render over brick facade, and has a low-pitched Welsh slate roof. The front elevation, which mimics the appearance of ashlar, is three bays wide. The bay to the left is dominated by an expressed chimney stack with three flues. A projecting porch, in the Tuscan style, shelters a doorway featuring a traceried overlight. A wide, twelve-light sash window is situated to the right of the doorway. Above this are two windows of sixteen lights, and in the attic storey, two windows of twelve lights. The facade is detailed with slim pilasters and a string course. A lower wing, added around 1830, is constructed of brick with a Welsh slate roof. This two-storey, three-bayed wing features sash windows, overhanging eaves, and a central stack. The garden front of the main block is also three bays wide, with deeply channelled mock ashlar on the ground floor and three wide, floor-height sash windows. The upper floors have lugged architraves to the twelve-light sashes, and continuous sill bands. An additional bay was added around 1890 to the left side, featuring a massive canted bay window on the ground floor and a triple-light sash window above. This extension has a hipped roof.