Old Rectory

The Old Rectory, now a house, likely dates from the early 17th century, with significant alterations made around 1850. It is timber-framed with painted brick infill, set on a rendered rubblestone plinth, and has a machine tile roof. The building comprises a hall of two and a half bays with a two-bay cross-wing projecting to the right. It has one storey and an attic. The timber framing consists of square and rectangular panels, three from sill to wall plate, with V-struts extending from the collars to the gable ends. The windows are predominantly late 19th and 20th century leaded casements set within the framing, with two windows to the left of the entrance and two flanking it. A 20th-century ledged door is positioned in the hall, and one door serves each floor of the cross-wing. A gabled eaves dormer sits above the entrance. A prominent red brick ridge stack is located at the right-hand end of the hall, with a smaller stack in the roof slope to the left. A Sun Insurance plate is visible on the gable of the cross-wing, marking the position of a former door on the return wall. The rectory was probably built around 1624 by the then rector of Habberley, Thomas Hynks. A taller gabled brick addition to the rear, dating to around 1850, is not considered to have particular architectural merit.