The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house dating from 1807. It is constructed of red brick with a hipped roof covered in plain tiles laid around 1960. The main facade has two storeys and five windows, each with a 6/6 sash window and a gauged brick lintel. A white painted stone string course and cornice run along the top of the building. There are two ridge stacks positioned symmetrically. A later brick plinth has been added. A pedimented porch supported by two unfluted Doric columns and pilaster responds sits at the front, above a later door with a fanlight. The right-hand side of the front has two 6/6 sash windows on each floor. The left-hand side has one 6/6 sash window on the upper floor and a brick string course. At the rear, a hipped roof projection features 6/6 sash windows on both floors on its front, and a lower extension with a side stack on its left. Adjacent to the rear is a lower, contemporary service wing in an L shape, with three ridge stacks. This wing has two storeys and five windows, with one 6/6 sash window; the remaining windows are casements, alongside a door with a 20th-century surround. The date of the house is referenced in Nichols’ History of Leicestershire, published between 1795 and 1811, volume IV, part II, page 432.