The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory dating from 1838-39, designed by William Patterson. The building is constructed of brick, which has been stuccoed, with slate roofs. It features an ashlar plinth, deep eaves, lead rainwater heads decorated with a peacock motif, and three side wall stacks and two ridge stacks. It is a three-story, six-bay L-shaped building. The west front has a projecting wing to the right and a two-story square porch tower with a pyramidal roof to the left. Lean-to porches with bracketed eaves are at each end. The porch tower has a central moulded ashlar architrave with flanking pilasters and a margin stile door. Above the architrave is a square panel with crests and the inscription '1839'. The porch to the left has a door flanked to the left by a single round headed casement and to the right by three round headed casements. To its right is a tall Yorkshire sash window and a 20th-century casement. The porch to the right has two pairs of round headed casements. Above, to the left, is a plain sash window, and to the right, a casement, two Yorkshire sashes, and a single glazing bar sash within the porch tower. Above this, to the left, is a Yorkshire sash window, and to the right, a casement and another Yorkshire sash. To the right again is a small casement. The north end has a Yorkshire sash window to the left and a door to the right. The east front has two projecting hipped bays, each with a full-height canted bay window. To the left are three full-height plain sash windows. The recessed central bay contains a 19th-century gabled conservatory with a central door and fanlight. To the right are three full-height plain sash windows, a single glazing bar sash, and a 20th-century casement. Above, there are four glazing bar sashes. Above this, there are ten glazing bar sashes, the central four being smaller. The south end has a full-height glazing bar sash window to the left and two dummy windows to the right. Above, there are three glazing bar sashes. The interior features a cantilevered stone staircase with a landing, foliate cast iron balusters, a scrolled and ramped mahogany handrail, deep skirtings, and moulded cornices with Classical motifs. A secondary staircase has iron stick balusters and a ramped handrail. There are two Classical style marble fireplaces and four corbelled stone fireplaces with corbels and four-centred arched openings. Further features include two Adam-style hob grates, eight-panelled doors, a door with two oval lights in the lock rail, and a door to the service wing with an overlight containing an integral lantern.