The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house, built in 1850 and extended in 1863. It is constructed of red brick and features slate roofs with three ridge stacks, one of which has four tall shafts, while the others have tall paired shafts. The building is two stories high with a four-bay front, where the right-hand bay projects and is topped with a gable and cross finial. There is a plinth, a decorated brick band at the first floor, and decorated eaves.

The doorway is located to the left within a gabled porch and has a pointed head. The inner doorway features a fanlight and a partially glazed door. To the left of the doorway is a three-light casement window with a segmental head. The right side has a canted bay window that contains a central three-light casement with a segmental head, flanked by two narrow fixed lights, also with segmental heads. There is another three-light casement to the right, also with a segmental head. Above, three pairs of casements break through the roofline, featuring plaster lintels and steeply pitched gables, with another three-light casement to the right.

Attached to the east wall is a two-story polygonal chapel built in 1863, which has decorated eaves, a first-floor band, and two ashlar-dressed windows, each containing two pointed lights with plate traceried quatrefoils above. These windows feature fine Victorian glass, including the initials of Thomas Wimberley Mossman. The interior of the chapel is very plain and severe, with brick decorated eaves. This chapel is exceptionally rare in a rectory and reflects the interests and significant career of the vicar Thomas Wimberley Mossman, who built it. Mossman served as the vicar of West Torrington from 1859 to 1885 and was a notable and controversial figure in the Oxford Movement. He corresponded with Cardinal Newman and founded a Brotherhood that trained poor men for the priesthood, which caused controversy due to their papish dress and practices. Additionally, he was a noted historian, an active Liberal politician, and a key figure in the early Ecumenical movement.