The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a former rectory dating to the late 18th century, with alterations circa 1840. Constructed of red brick in Flemish bond, it features a hipped slate roof and brick internal stacks. The building follows a double-depth plan and stands three storeys high with a basement, originally displaying a three-window front. The basement is rusticated stone, painted, with keyblocked heads to basement windows on either side of centre. A six-panel double-leaf door, complete with a fanlight, is set within a painted stone doorcase framed by plain pillars with fluted capitals, a triglyph frieze, and a deep cornice, and is approached by seven moulded stone steps. Tripartite sash windows, with gauged brick heads and brick divisions, are present on the ground, first, and second floors to the left and right. The central bay projects forward, featuring a twelve-pane sash window on the first floor and a six-pane sash on the second floor, both with gauged brick heads. A stone storey band is at first floor level, a stone Doric cornice pediment adorns the central bay, and a stone-coped brick parapet tops the building. The side elevations also have four windows each. A six-panel back door is located on the right side elevation to the left of centre, featuring a fanlight and a round-arched, gauged brick head. Twelve-pane sashes are found on the ground and first floors, alongside a six-pane attic window, also with gauged brick heads.

The left side elevation mirrors the front windows, with some being blank. A bay window extends from the far left near the churchyard, with a rusticated base, a timber superstructure incorporating sash windows, a moulded cornice, a lead roof, and ball finials at the angles. A large round-headed window illuminates the rear staircase.

Internally, the building showcases a stone-paved hall, an open-well staircase with stick balusters, a ramped and wreathed handrail, and scrolled tread ends. A plaster frieze of brackets alternating with paterae is also present. The dining room retains its original painted wood chimneypiece with pilasters and a plaque depicting Diana hunting, alongside a plaster frieze featuring garlanded paterae and urns. The drawing room contains a vine leaf trail on the painted wood pilaster divisions of the tripartite sash. The study has an original painted wood chimneypiece with a plaque depicting cherubs playing with a lion, along with fitted bookshelves featuring mahogany fronts and latticed glazing. A plaster frieze with floral sprays and anthemion further embellishes the space. The kitchen features a substantial basket-arched stone fireplace with seating on either side, and a spine beam with ogee stop-chamfered spine beams and run-out stops. First-floor bedrooms retain original painted wood chimneypieces and plaster friezes.

The rectory was likely built by Thomas Beaumont Burnaby, who served as rector from 1777 and personally presented the building.