The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a rectory that has been converted into a house, built in 1812 but appearing to date from around 1830 to 1840. It was designed by Edward Haycock for Bishop Heber. The building is constructed of red brick with painted red sandstone dressings and features a plain tile roof. It has a T-plan layout and is designed in the Tudor Gothic style, comprising two storeys and an attic.

Key architectural features include a chamfered stone plinth, a moulded stone eaves cornice, and parapeted gable ends with chamfered copings, trefoil-panelled gabled kneelers, and obelisk finials. The building has an external brick end stack to the right, a brick ridge stack off-centre to the right, and a rear wing with two brick ridge stacks and two external brick end stacks, each with diagonally-placed brick shafts. The façade has a 2:1:2 bay arrangement with small-paned wooden cross windows that have chamfered reveals and returned hoodmoulds.

There is a central gabled break featuring a small rectangular attic window, a projecting first-floor wooden cross window with a gabled lead top, and a pair of half-glazed doors. The sandstone ashlar porch has a chamfered plinth, diagonal buttresses with chamfered offsets, a moulded cornice, a battlemented parapet with chamfered coping, and a continuously chamfered Tudor-arched entrance. The left-hand gable end has a small rectangular attic casement, a projecting first-floor wooden cross window, and a ground-floor canted wooden bay. The rear wing has three bays.

A large late 19th-century addition is located to the northwest. Although the interior was not inspected, the staircase is noted to consist of three flights with an open string, cut brackets, stick balusters, and a wreathed handrail. The house is said to have been built for Bishop Heber while he was the rector of Hodnet.