The Old Rectory

The Old Rectory is a large house dating back to approximately 1810, with some earlier fabric incorporated into its construction. It is located in Long Marston, Gloucestershire. The house is primarily brick, with substantial areas of stucco render and coursed blue lias rubble to the rear. It has a hipped Welsh slate roof and brick stacks arranged in a cross pattern.

The architectural style is Georgian, and the house is arranged in a "H" shape. The front elevation is symmetrical, featuring a five-window range with a central three-window section flanked by projecting single-window bays. The ground floor features a central French window with fielded panels above, flanked by four-pane sash windows. First-floor windows are eight-pane sashes, while the outer bays have paired six-pane sashes on both floors. A decorative ashlar plinth, top frieze with fluting and paterae, and a modillioned cornice enhance the design.

The left return front presents a rubble facade with a top modillioned brick cornice. The entrance is framed by a limestone aedicule with Doric columns and a Tuscan entablature, leading to a six-panel door with an overlight. Other features on this side include a round-headed stair window, a bow window with decorative cornice, and a segmental-headed window.

The rear elevation incorporates a central lean-to outshut, a rubble wing to the right with a brick gable, and a wing to the left constructed of coursed dressed stone. A range of casement windows reflect the varied layout, including a narrow, leaded window in the right wing and a partly-blocked segmental-headed window.

The right return features a hipped bay window with small-paned and leaded glazing.

Inside, the stair hall boasts a modillioned cornice and a window with splayed reveals. A stick-baluster staircase with column newels ascends from the hall. The front rooms display contemporary cornices and fireplaces, one with a round-headed cupboard with fielded-panelled doors. A room at the rear left contains long, stop-chamfered spine beams with run-out stops. A secondary staircase on the right end likely incorporates reused 18th-century turned balusters atop an entablature, while a room at the rear right features chamfered beams and a fireplace with a bressumer.