The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a house of probable 15th or 16th century origins, significantly altered in the 18th century and with an early to mid-19th century addition. It is constructed of regular coursed ironstone, with painted stone pilasters and rustication, and has a single wood cornice. The building has a slate hipped roof and brick internal and ridge stacks to the rear. Its layout is L-shaped, with a wing extending to the right rear.

The main, two-storey front range has a five-window facade. A slightly projecting central bay features banded rustication to its angles. The front door is a part-glazed six-panelled door with an overlight containing decorative glazing, sheltered by a hood with a dentil cornice supported on elaborate pierced scrolled brackets. Sashes are found throughout, with painted stone surrounds, keystones, fluted pilasters, entablature blocks, and a further short fluted section above the windows. The right return side has a single-window range. An early to mid-19th century one-story addition with a basement features a rear wall of brick, a French window with margin bars, and a wrought-iron balcony. A long rear wing extends from the main block. A low, four-panelled door has a stop-chamfered wood lintel. A one-light window with a hood mould is located to its right, and an above tripartite sash window has its own hood mould. A stone slate-hung gable possesses a three-light casement. The left return side of the wing was refaced in the 18th century and has a four-window range. A half-glazed door is positioned in the third bay. A three-light wood mullioned and transomed window sits above a tripartite sash on the left side. Cross windows and sashes are also present. The right return side is irregular, with a gable at the left end supported by a coped parapet and kneeler. An entrance is positioned in the right corner, featuring a half-glazed eight-panelled door, covered by a 20th-century tile hood. A small lancet with a hood mould is located on the first floor on the left, along with two and three-light stone mullioned windows, some with hood moulds, and larger casements with glazing bars.

Inside, the hall has a good open-well staircase, displaying three turned balusters per tread, fluted column newel posts, a scrolled string, and a moulded hand rail. The side walls feature early 18th century panelling of large panels, while the back wall exhibits 16th/17th century panelling. A room to the right contains good early 18th century panelling of large fielded panels and fluted pilasters, alongside a 19th-century Gothic fireplace. Fielded four-panelled doors are throughout. A bedroom also features early 18th-century panelling. The kitchen has a wide 16th-century stone open fireplace with a moulded four-centred arch, sunk spandrels, and remains of a moulded stone cornice. A broad-chamfered ceiling beam has a bar stop. A quarter-turn back staircase is fitted with splat balusters. A second kitchen at the end of the wing has a wide open fireplace with a segmental stone arch. Original plank doors with strap hinges are found in various locations. Two bedrooms incorporate 16th-century moulded stone fireplaces with four-centred arches and sunk spandrels.