Rectory Farmhouse

Rectory Farmhouse is a farmhouse and attached farm buildings, now functioning as a farmhouse. It dates from the mid and late 17th century, with alterations and additions made in the late 19th century. The structure is timber framed with plastered infill, partly rendered, and features planted and painted timbers. It has a high sandstone rubble plinth on the right and a plain tile roof. The building consists of approximately five framed bays aligned roughly north-south, with an attached former farm building of two framed bays to the north and a baffle-entry at the south end.

The framing includes square panels, with three and four panels from the sole plate to the wall plate, and short corner braces. The farmhouse is one storey with an attic. On the east front, there are six 19th and 20th century timber framed gabled eaves dormers, an off-centre brick ridge stack to the left, a central brick stack behind the ridge, and an integral lateral brick stack to the front. The front has seven windows featuring late 19th and 20th century two and three-light wooden casements. To the left, there is a pair of 20th century half-glazed doors with a gabled wooden porch, and a central lean-to brick porch with a 20th century glazed door in the left-hand return and a bread oven projecting to the right. There is also an off-centre glazed door to the right.

The right-hand gable end has a collar and tie-beam truss with v-struts, while the left-hand gable end features a 19th century canted bay. Inside, there are chamfered beams and timber framed cross walls, along with introduced 17th century panelling, which is said to have come from Woolstaston Hall, likely when it was partly demolished in the late 18th century. It is also believed that the south end of the farmhouse is constructed from reused timber, possibly sourced from the Hall during its partial demolition.