The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house, originally a rectory, dating from around the early 18th century. It is likely to incorporate an earlier building, with extensions or partial rebuilding occurring around the mid-19th century. The building is constructed of red brick in various bond patterns and has a plain tile roof, hipped at the centre, with parapeted gable-ended cross wings and brick cogged eaves. Brick axial and gable-end stacks are topped with square yellow clay pots.

The house is arranged in an H-shape. The central range and the left (west) cross-wing appear to be the original core, with the west cross-wing extended by another range parallel to it. The right (east) cross-wing was built or rebuilt around the mid-19th century.

The south front has a symmetrical arrangement of five windows, with projecting gabled cross wings on either side. The right (east) wing includes a 19th-century polygonal conservatory enclosing panelled double doors, with a canted bay window above. The left (west) wing has a three-light casement window on the ground floor and a canted window above. The central five-window range features a brick platband at the first-floor level and cambered brick arch window openings. Tall casement windows are on the right, and a tall twelve-pane sash window is on the left, with smaller casements above. A central, pedimented doorcase shelters double doors with glazed and panelled lower sections. The right (east) return has tall sash windows on the ground floor and smaller windows above. The left (west) return, belonging to the outer cross wing, contains various casement windows, with leaded panes on the first floor. The rear elevation has gabled cross wings on each side; the right wing features casement windows and a panelled door on its inner (east) side, along with a covered walk leading from a panelled back door to outbuildings.

The interior has not been inspected, but panelled window shutters were noted. It is thought that the mid-19th century work on the rectory may have been carried out by Salvin, who restored the nearby Church of St Peter in 1848-9.